Things I realized during the three weeks of consecutive family hospitalizations💡
Hello, this is Toshi😊
I've been so busy these past few weeks that
honestly, my sense of time has been a bit off😅
🏥My mother has been discharged safely
Today, April 24th, my mother was discharged from the hospital.
It has been exactly 8 days since she was rushed to the hospital by ambulance on April 16th.
Considering the situation back then—
👉 That recovery is way too fast!😳
It's a speed that makes me want to make a quip like that.
But, in any case, it's a huge relief.
🚶♂️Finally, "normal daily life" has returned
With this, I am finally
・Daily hospital visits
・Visiting and staying with her
・Days spent constantly worrying about each family member's health
freed from all of that.
👉 It really feels like daily life has finally returned😊
Honestly, just having a day with nothing going on
is something to be grateful for in itself.
⏳Looking back, things that have changed in the last few years
Thinking back,
until I was about 50,
I had almost no experience with family members being hospitalized.
It was over 30 years ago that my grandmother was hospitalized.
Since then,
my father fell down the stairs at the station and
broke his wrist and shoulder—
👉 He avoided serious injury thanks to his judo first-degree black belt breakfall skills😂
His recovery was quick, and
it was the kind of thing that ended with "Well, he'll be fine."
🕰️The events of "hospitalization" have been increasing little by little
The tide has been turning over the last few years.
・My wife's father collapsed and was hospitalized, and then passed away
・Two years ago, my mother fell and broke a bone
・At the end of last year, my mother fell again and was hospitalized
And then this time.
⚡April 2026, the problem of packing in too many events
In the roughly three weeks since the start of this month—
・My wife's hospitalization and surgery
・My father's hospitalization and surgery
・My mother was rushed to the emergency room on that same day
👉 Talk about packing too much into the schedule😇
Moreover, my mother was in a situation where
it would have been quite dangerous if her discovery had been delayed.
When I think about that,
I truly feel that she was saved by the skin of her teeth.
💭Health is easy to talk about but difficult to maintain
Through this series of events,
👉 Being healthy is truly important.
I realized this all over again.
Especially as we age,
・Muscle strength declines
・Reflexes slow down
I really feel this when watching my parents.
Just a few years ago,
we would go on trips together,
and they would walk long distances normally,
and they would use the stairs
instead of the escalator at the station—
but now,
・My father's back is slightly hunched
・My mother uses a wheelchair when going out
👉 Change really does happen all at once.
🦵The most important thing is definitely the "lower body"
After seeing everything, I think,
👉 lower body strength is incredibly important.
Whether or not you have this
completely changes your freedom in daily life.
🥊So, I'm heading to the gym again today.
I don't have any major illnesses myself at the moment, but
I am eight years older than my wife.
In the future,
I don't want to be the one 'causing trouble'.
That is precisely why—
I went to the gym today, just like always.
I did Muay Thai, did some strength training, and
worked up a good sweat💪
👉 It's an 'investment' for my future self😊
🌿I want to cherish the days when nothing happens
What I thought about through this series of events was,
👉 that an uneventful daily life is the most precious thing of all
.
It doesn't have to be anything special.
My family is healthy,
we can talk normally,
and the day ends normally.
That alone is enough.
I want to continue to cherish
such a daily life from now on as well😊
Thank you for reading until the end🙏
I hope you'll join me again in my next note😊