Dr.Starr

"Eomeoni(Korean for mother) I have a headache can I please not go to school this morning?" Pierce cried out.

"I'll have to ask your abeoji(Korean for father)" Mrs.Son Replied

Mr.Son overheard their conversation and burst into Pierce's room in anger.

"Nonsense Pierce! You're going to school Pierce it's just an excuse you have exams today! No slacking!" Yelled Mr.Son

Pierce was hurt by his father's words, but he got up immediately to get ready for school. His dad's car dropped him off for school. And he entered the building with his head down.

A few hours later during Recess, Pierce was standing by the wall not wanting to play with anybody else. His headache was getting worse. His vision blurred Pierce suddenly collapsed and began having a seizure. All the students gathered around him in fear.

His teacher too was very concerned. "Everybody get back and calm down! Somebody get the school nurse I'll call the paramedics" Shouted Ms.Kim.

The nurse came she placed a pencil in Pierce's mouth to keep him from biting his tongue and a few books under his head.

A few minutes later the paramedics arrived. They picked Pierce up slowly putting him on the stretcher. By the time they got there, the seizure had passed. But Pierce was sleeping and all his vitals were normal.

The school and the hospital alerted Pierce's parents. Mrs.Son rushed to the hospital, it was impossible to get ahold of Mr.Son he had a series of meetings. Mrs.Son waited patiently until a nurse came to get her.

"Ah Mrs.Son, Pierce is in room 103 he's resting now but we need you to sign a form to run a few tests. Also the doctors would like to do a CT Scan if you could just sign" Said the nurse.

"Yes, yes I will sign them all just please tell me what's wrong with my son!" Mrs.Son said concerned and in tears.

She signed the forms and stayed by Pierce's side. Until it was time for the CT scan.

A few hours later the results came back.

"Mrs.Pierce, we have a diagnosis. We need to speak with you urgently!" Dr.Chul exclaimed.

"What is it!? Is he going to be okay!?" Mrs.Son cried worriedly.

"Mrs.Son you'd better sit down.

Mrs.Son sat down slowly with tears in her eyes. Her assistant was standing beside her she was so scared she didn't need to be alone in this moment.

"Mrs.Son, Pierce is suffering from a brain tumor, and it appears that his fall caused a small  aneurysm in his brain, this is extremely rare. We suggest that you see a specialist right away!"

"Oh my God! No! No no no nooooooo he doesn't need a specialist he needs the best of the best! You find the doctor now! Help my poor Pierce, please! He just told us this morning he wasn't feeling well, this is all my fault." Mrs.Son cried.

"The best is in America, his name is Doctor Gregory Starr, he's nearly impossible to book, he's always so booked!" Replied Dr.Chul

"Did you, or did you not say that this is an urgent matter!? Get us in to see this doctor This week!" Shouted Mrs.Son

"Yobo(Darling in Korean) I heard it all, you've done so well, I have connections in America, we'll get  Pierce in to see Doctor Starr, tomorrow afternoon. He wasn't able to fully clear his schedule but at least we'll be able to get Pierce in to see him!"

In that moment, Mrs.Son ran into Mr.Son's arms and cried. They were so hard on their children not realizing that  they should listen to their kids more. And would never make this same mistake again because it left a burden in their hearts with all the, "what if's."

That night Mr.Son, Mrs.Son and Pierce all flew to Malibu, California. The next morning they would meet Doctor Starr at the hospital.

Pierce was admitted in the hospital in a private room, awaiting to hear from Doctor.Starr.

"Good Morning, I know it's early, I received your charts from South Korea. I need your permission to operate as soon as possible the brain tumor is pretty large as well as the aneurysm is very close to the tumor, this is a rare case but for the sake of Pierce, he needs to be operated on immediately!" Assured Doctor Starr.

He went over the worst case scenarios and explained in detail why they should operate so soon. Soon after the papers were signed Pierce was rushed to the Or (Operating Room)

Pierce woke up the next day, he still had a headache but felt much better, his parents were so happy they wanted to thank Dr.Starr.

That day was a cold day to the hospital. The staff was Mourning to the loss of Doctor Starr. As soon as he told Pierce's parents the surgery was a success he headed home to rest. But the next day he never returned.

Doctor Starr's home caught on fire at his arrival. Pierce was heartbroken that he never got a chance to thank him for saving his life.