YouTuber Yu Hye-ju (LIJULIKE) has opened up about the heartbreaking passing of her father just three days after welcoming her second son.
In a video uploaded to her YouTube channel "LIJULIKE" on July 30th titled "[VLOG] D-13 Until Childbirth, Our Story That Paused for a Moment," Yu shared the news of her father's death, explaining, "My father was diagnosed with rectal cancer six years ago. After the cancer metastasized to his pelvis and worsened, he underwent a lot of chemotherapy until treatment became difficult. He passed away a month after being transferred to a hospice hospital."
Yu, who gave birth to her second son on July 19th, lost her father on July 22nd. After holding the funeral, she reportedly returned to a postpartum care center to look after her health.
As the eldest daughter, Yu emphasized that after her father's cancer diagnosis, her entire family gathered to live in Busan and spent time together without regrets. She added, "There were many times when our family forgave and resolved past hurts. My siblings took turns caring for him in the hospital, and my father himself said while he was alive, 'I am truly happy. I am the happiest right now.'"
She also shared the reason for continuing to release YouTube content, saying, "My father often told us siblings, 'I'll do what I need to do, so you guys do what you need to do.' I told my younger siblings that we should also keep doing our work and live diligently so that our father wouldn't have to worry."
Regarding her current frame of mind, she shed tears as she said, "Having seen how much my father suffered because of the cancer, I actually feel more at ease knowing that his pain is gone. The only sadness is simply the longing of not being able to see my father anymore."
Yu married in 2019 and has two sons.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)
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