The battle for life

It's not an easy choice especially in a society where without a leg it is really complicated. Sumaya doesn't accept this alternative: when the doctors suggest amputation to her, she doesn't want to know about it and reacts very badly. Doctors advise us to never leave her alone; seeing such a moment is already in itself terrible, but then being away from home doesn't help.

We have become her home , night and day we have worked hard to never make her feel alone. Sumaya chose her life, her face is sweet & egrave; returned to being serene, he is The Sumaya we knew is back, kind and affectionate. The biggest volunteer little girl we have, a newborn who always comes with her mother, made her smile come back: taking her in her arms Sumaya thought about her to her distant grandchildren.

At a certain point the treatments seem to be over, yes; can finally go home, but then another test contradicts the results: there is to start all over again. Sumaya decides that enough is enough, for her it is more It's important to go home rather than continue fighting, we can't see each other anymore. hope in this fight, there is no end in sight. The doctors are stunned: no one has ever decided to stop therapy knowing that it is the only opportunity. Sumaya is a very beautiful girl who keeps her long hair inside the veil and in her fingers she has the Muslim digital rosary, the new generation prayer counter. She is now becoming a young woman, & egrave; convinced! Despite the doctors' speeches and her mother's crying, nothing seems to dissuade her: she wants to end it. He can't take it more to fight. Her smile is hers; kind and determined. We can't decide for her, but we are speechless.

We only suggest that you go and say goodbye to Ernesto before leaving. In that confrontation, not many words were needed. In a single embrace Sumaya found a father, she chose life again, she chose to fight.


Maria Claudia Brunello
NP April 2024