Part of this chapter is inspired by an episode of Lost and a little bit from Grey's Anatomy. Also I can only spell certian words in Korean and I don't know how to change the text to Korean.
The first thing Ji Yeon noticed when she regained consiousness was an intense pain in her head. The second thing was voices. They were muffled and distant, and she couldn't make out what they were saying. The only she knew was that she wanted them to stop so she could go back to sleep and make the pain in her head stop.
"I think she's awake." Min Jun shouted making Ji Yeon wince and open her eyes briefly."She is. I saw her eyes open."
"I told you you could only be in here if you be quiet." MIju said sternly as she came in the room.
"I was quiet, but Phil called on the tablet and her eyes opened." MIn Jun explained as he pointed to Ji Yeon.
Miju went over to the bed and genlty touched Ji yeon's shoulder."Hey. Are you awake? Can you say anything?"
Ji Yeon slowly opened her eyes, squinting against the bright sunlight that shone in through the window. "Ow." Was all Ji Yeon managed to say in a whisper.
"Can you follow this?" Miju asked getting a pin light and moving it in front of Ji Yeon's eyes."Ok. That's a good sighn."
"Where's my mom?" Ji Yeon asked in Korean.
"That's not." Miju said with regret.
"Why?" MIn Jun asked."She talked."
"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Miju asked Ji Yeon, completely ignoring Min Jun's question. Ji Yeon nodded her head yes."Say something."
Ji Yeon repeated her earlier statment in Korean once more.
"I'm going to go get Dr, Robbins and I'll be right back." Miju told the kids.
"What's going on?" Phil asked.
"My sister is awake." Min Jun answered.
"Tell her I said hi." Phil said.
"I said hi too." Lil chimed in appearing on the screen.
"Hi." Ji Yeon said in Korean.
"What did she say?" The twins asked.
"She said hi." Min Jun told them.
"How come she said it all wierd?" Phil asked.
"She said it in Korean." Min Jun explained. He then turned to Ji Yeon and asked."How come you can't speak English?"
His question was answered by the pretty blond doctor."She has afasia."
"What's that?" All of the older kids asked.
"It's what happenes when you hit your head. It affects how you speak, but don't worry, it usually goes away." Dr. Robbins explained.
"So she can understand us when we talk, but she can only speak Korean like we do at home?' Min Jun asked trying to understand.
"Exactly." Dr. Robbins replied.
Ji Yeon didn't care what language she was currently stuck speaking, she just wanted something to take the pain away.
"Imu, my head hurts." Ji Yeon said in a quiet voice. She couldn't talk very loud due to being sedated for so long and the tubes that were placed down her throat during surgery.
"She's in pain." Miju explained to Dr. Robbins.
"I'll be right back." Robbins said walking off to get some medicine.
"Can we get some food?" Min Jun suddenly asked once Phil and Lil had to ended the call to go eat lunch.
"Yeah. your sister could probably use some food too. She can't take the meds on an empty stomach." Miju answered. They left the room and for the first time since waking, Ji Yeon was able to close her eyes if only for a few minutes.
"I got you some apple juice and a chocolate chip muffin." Min Jun said quietly as he came back in the room with his aunt.
"Why don't we try some strawberry flavored jell o first?" Dr. Robbins asked as she came into the room with a small cup of jello and a syringe.
Ji Yeon tried to sit up, but it hurt to much. Miju pressed a button making the bed raise a little so Ji Yeon was now in a sitting position where she could eat.
"Here." Miju said taking the cup of jello and a spoon and putting it to Ji Yeon's lips. Normally Ji Yeon didn't like being treated like a baby, but she was having trouble moving her arms, so accepted the small spoonful of jello with out a problem. She ate a few more spoonfuls and the mdicine was injected through her IV. A few minutes later she was asleep.
"I think it's time to go." Miju said quietly.
"Can we see my mom now?" Min Jun asked.
"If she's wake." Miju answered taking Min Jun's hand and walking out of the room.
They walked down a few hallways and towards a closed door. Miju poked her head in aand saw her mother sitting in the chair next to the bed.
"Has she woken up at all?" Miju asked stepping inside the room. Min Jun followed before she could close the door. He didn't like seeing his mom all hooked up to tubes and wires.
"No." Youngja answered."Jin is coming soon."
"Good. Someone that speaks English should be with her when she wakes up." Miju said. She then went on to explain to her mother what happened when Ji Yeon woke up and that the same thing might happen to Mi sun.
Jin arrived a few minutes later and the rest of the family left for home.
The next day was the last day of pre school and Min Jun had a hard time sitting still. He was distracted by what happened the day before.
"Are you ok?" Tommy asked when snack time came around and Min Jun didn't touch his grapes and animal crrackers.
"What if my sister never learnes to talk like us again?" Min Jun asked voiced his concern.
"Don't worry. We can teacher her when she gets to go home." Tommy assured him.
"I hope so." Min Jun said.
"Sides if she doesn't learn to talk like us again, Dilly would be really sad if he couldn't play with her no more." Tommy commented.
"I'll help her as soon as she gets home." Min Jun said with a smile.
Back at the hospital Jin was sitting beside his wife's bed holding her hand. He was falling asleep due to hardley getting any sleep since the accident happened three days ago.
"Jin." Mi Sun said when she opened her eyes and looked over to find her husband sitting in a chair about to fall asleep.
"You're awake." Jin said getting up and standing next to the bed."How do you feel?"
"A little soar." Mi Sun answered.
"Well that's what happenes when your in a car accident." Jin said.
Suddenly the memories came flooding back. They were stopped at a red light when a car came racing them hitting them head on. The car flipped a few times and ended up upside down, then everything went black.
"What about Ji Yeon and the baby?" MI Sun asked.
JIn swallowed before answering."Ji Yeon is ok, but the baby didn't make it."
Mi Sun processed the news slowly, a few tears escaping down her cheeks. She wiped them away quickly and looked up at her husband."I want to see her."
Jin was about to say something, but was interupted by a knock on the door.
"You're finally awake." Miju stated as she came into the room.
"She wants to see Ji Yeon." Jin told her.
"Good because we're moving her in here today so she can be with someone who speaks English." Miju explained."You can still speak English can't you?"
Mi Sun hadn't really thought about it since she awoke, but she had been speaking Korean the whole time.
"No, but I understand it and I can probably still write." She answered.
"Ok then. I'll let them know and someone will be in to check on you soon." Miju told her.
As it turned out the same thing that had happened to Ji Yeon had happened to Mi Sun and both of them would need a few weeks of physical therapy to get back to normal.
That afternoon Ji Yeon was moved into Mi Sun's room, something the hospital normally wouldn't do, but in this case it was easier on everyone. Ji Yeon was sedated when she was brought into the room due to everytime she woke up she would be in a lot of pain and throw up when she tried to eat in order for pain meds to be administered.
Once Ji Yeon was situated Jin left to go pick up Min Jun, and probably Phil. He had been staying over through out this whole ordeal to help keep Min Jun's mind off of the situation.
"Are they coming home today?" Min Jun asked for what felt like the millionth time that week.
"Not yet, but your mom is awake." Jin answered as they left the school and headed for home.
"Can we go see her?" Min Jun asked.
"Not today. She needs to rest." Jin told him.
Min Jun was disappointed, but decided to not press the matter as it wouldn't do any good. Instead he and Phil played with the kitten that they had named Ninja since it was all black and liked to sneak up on people and grab their legs.
"What's that noise?" Min Jun asked going over to the back door and watching as a construction crew dug a hole in the yard.
"We're getting a pool." Jin told him.
"Really?" Min Jun asked excitedly."But I don't know how to swim."
"I can teach you." Phil said watching the dirt fall.
They soon got bored of watching the crew work and decided to watch tv. A new Paw Patrol special was coming on soon and Min Jun didn't want to miss it. Phil would of rather watched Adventure Squad, but he liked Min Jun's show enough to not complain. On the special the Paw Patrol was fighting against a cat copy of themselves and this got Phil thinking.
"Do you like cats or dogs more?" He asked on a commercial break.
"I don't know. Min Jun answered looking at Cleo and Ninja. In the few days they had had the kitten he had become more bold and played with anything that moved. Cleo was more calm and laid back then the cat, but she still played when she wanted to.
Min Jun stopped watching the cat chase Cleo around the coffee table and turned to his best friend."What about you?"
"Well Angelica's cat Fluffy made me not like cats, but Ninja is cool. Maybe we could use him against her someday." Phil said excitedly just as Cleo jumped on his lap to avoid Ninja.
"I don't think Cleo likes your answer." Min Jun laughed as Ninja swatted at his foot.
"Don't worry Cleo. I like you too." Phil assured the dog and gave her a hug.
Ninja soon tired himself out and fell asleep on Min Jun's lap and the boys watched the rest of the show in piece.