Page 90 - 2022 MBC 다큐 가이드북

90 |

LINK

The Stone Poet and His disease is called calcinosis universalis due to juvenile
dermatomyositis - a universally rare disease.
His Mother When he turned 10, his body started to stiffen, and by

the time he was 14, he became bedridden. For 30 years,
Celebrity Biography
his disease has progressed and now, it is as if his body
60 minutes × 1 episode is trapped in cement. But with his stiff fingers, he writes
poems. Poems are his only way of communication with
the outside world.

Suffering from a rare disease, Jin-sik’s body is stiffened There has been a change in his mother who has been
like a stone. As paralysis grips his body, he has limited taking care of him for 30 years. His mother who used to
use of his hands but he still hangs onto hope writing come running when he called, is now barely getting up
poems. So, he is called “the stone poet”. His mother has only after she is called several times. Now 60, his mother
been taking care of him for 30 long years. is getting old. How long will she be able to take care of
the stone poet?