Diego Michieletto with his family
The story of Diego Michieletto, suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 38. “They helped me step by step”
TREVISO. It only takes a moment to change an entire life. Diego Michieletto lived that moment on November 4, 2017. It was 8 in the morning when he feels bad. “I was at home, in Mogliano, I wanted to grab a rake but I realized that my arm did not respond to the command”. Suddenly dizzy, he sits down, tries to catch his breath, but after a few minutes even the word begins to fail him. Vowels no longer come out as before. Diego’s family understands that something serious is happening and calls for help.
“I realized everything. I got into the ambulance, I felt my left arm numb, a tingling stronger and stronger ». The sound of the sirens whizzing along the Terraglio becomes silence. Then the darkness. Diego goes into a coma. Thus began his one hundred days to return to life. «In the Rehabilitation Medicine department of Ca ‘Foncello I was reborn and today I am sorry to know that the department is suffering. I wish that all patients could continue to feel at home, including, cared for and accompanied as I felt when I was sick. I understand the new procedures and protocols but please do not destroy this reality, preserve its spirit ».
HISTORY
2017 is now far away, but the memory has become indelible. After two weeks he wakes up in the intensive neurosurgical care of the Treviso hospital and the first thing he meets are the eyes of his wife Elena who is staring at him wrapped in a green coat. “Darling, don’t worry, we’re going home anyway,” he whispered to reassure her. “I didn’t know what had happened to me and how serious the situation was.”
In fact, Diego does not know that he has undergone a delicate brain surgery. Ignore the diagnosis: congenital cerebral hemorrhage, a malformation present from birth that manifests itself when he is 38 and in the prime of his existence. A happy marriage, two children, a great job as head of the textile department at Martelli di Vedelago and a passion for mountaineering.
“I used to climb mountains up to three thousand meters without suffering from a headache. All of a sudden I found myself going an even steeper climb to heal, to be reborn. I would never have done it without the help of the entire Ca ‘Foncello Rehabilitation Medicine team, a large family, a department that has its heart in its heart ».
All the operators supported him in facing his disability, encouraged him not to give up, helped him to remain a father and husband despite his illness.
THE RECOVERY
“I was a child again, I had to relearn so many things that my body had forgotten.” To swallow, for example. To sit upright in the chair. «Diego, do you hear something? Try moving your toes. Excellent as well, tomorrow we will do the exercises to lift the leg ». Discomfort was not lacking, but it was always overcome.
“Because of the hemiplegia I couldn’t keep my balance, I wasn’t able to hit the door, I was banging constantly with my left shoulder. Then I looked at the photographs of my children hanging in the room, Christian was 4 months and Riccardo was 4, and I was strengthened ». When Diego was most nervous, the nurses called his wife, allowing her to reach him before visiting hours. On a sad Saturday, the ward team provided him with a secluded room to spend some time with his children.
“In addition to saving me, they pampered me and my family.” Little big attentions that have accompanied all his progress: from the wheelchair, to the walker, to the cane that today supports his steps. After one hundred days, on February 14, 2018, Diego said goodbye to Rehabilitation Medicine to finally return home, continuing to love life. –
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