19°C... it's a human body temp?
A man in pain
And his icy arm
While working without a break
His right arm remains inside of his pocket
what is going on...?
When I was 19, I got into an accident
and my right arm became paralyzed
His right arm coming out from the pocket with the left arm's assistance
It looks very skinny
I can't move at all.
It's impossible to move the right arm with its own power
He runs the tire shop alone
His main duty is to replacing tires.
He can do anything with one arm, too.
He wears a glove using like this,
and use his whole body to replace the absence of his right arm .
This heavy tire that weighs about 32 kg,
he uses his knee
I can replace any type of tires ;)
But it isn't easy to do
He had spent tremendous time to be able to do all of these
Usually, the car's up and ppl replace it by holding up the tire
So I put the car down and fix
He uses his foot to fill the absence of his right arm
This also took a lot to master..
"Disability can't limit my ability." He just tried again and again til he could succeed.
My parents also say that how I could choose this as my job
THEN
He suddenly turn his body around
and holds his arm tightly
Phew, my arm... it's ...like....oh my..
He soon gets sweaty
For 27 years, the pain has been bothering him.
So pain killers are everywhere for him to reduce the pain
Do you wanna try touching my right arm? -It's so cold
His right arm is icy cold...
The temperature of his right arm is 19.2°C
Whereas his left arm's temp is perfectly normal
The difference is so clear...
Under his clothes... his condition seems worse than what we thought
Under the shoulder, all bones and nerves are disconnected
and as the blood fail to run to a hip joint, he's suffering from Osteonecrosis
But he has to keep on moving
This job means more than money for him
Before I got into an accident, I couldn't use my left arm at all
I even wanted to commit suicide
But you know, the time helps you to adapt
He blamed the world for his situation for a long time
but he happened to get a job at the auto mechanic
As he continued working, he found the reason for his life.
There are some impossible things, but
Instead of despairing,
I would rather find the possible way and have hope.
That's how I live.
Another reason that made him motivated
he wanted to become a small hero for his daughter
He tried doing every single daily thing by himself
and did his best to become a good father
I made lots of mistakes at first, but as I continued doing
I could do ALL
I think there's no such thing as 'limit'
Next day
Isn't that a tennis racket?
Yeah, I play tennis whenever I have time
Though it requires one to use the whole body
To him, his left arm is capable of anything
He puts the ball on the racket and
SMASH!!! with his utmost power
He doesn't consider things as challenges.
I think there might be some ppl who wonder why I play tennis
I can grab the racket.
Why would they think I can't?
Disability is nothing more or less but not trying. - MyeongIl Bang