"Dad will make it this time too". These words of his son Niccolò contain the hopes of all Italians with bated breath for the health of Alex Zanardi. "He will make it"Repeated the son in an interview with" Corriere della Sera "as he always has. Faced with yet another and very serious accident, Zanardi did not stop. Now he will continue his struggle from the neuro-rehabilitation center. Tuesday, in fact, the news that many were waiting for. The athlete was discharged from the Policlinico Le Scotte di Siena where he was hospitalized after the terrible handbike accident. Transferred to start the long recovery journey. Zanardi's strength and his rebirth are contained in the simple ones passwords reassuring and hopeful of their XNUMX-year-old son.

The athlete at the end of a race

Zanardi's strength after the accident

The athlete was hospitalized on June 19. He was involved in a very bad accident with his handbike. Operated twice on the brain and once on the face to reduce fractures. And as he continues the investigation to try to ascertain the modalities of the impact, he tries to restart. To communicate the resignation was the same health management of the Sienese university hospital with a note. Rehabilitation will continue at Villa Beretta, Costa Masnaga, in the Lecco area. His condition remains serious but stable.

"The sedo-analgesia program to which the athlete was subjected has ended - the doctors clarified in the note -. After the suspension of the sedation, the normality of the cardio-respiratory and metabolic parameters, the stability of the general clinical conditions and the neurological picture allowed the transfer of the sample to a specialized recovery and functional rehabilitation center ". The Sienese doctors, as confirmed by the general director of the Sienese Aou Valtere Giovannini, will remain available "of this extraordinary person and his family for the further stages of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic development, as always happens in these cases".

Zanardi's recovery and strength despite suffering

As explained by the doctors of the facility, the athlete underwent three surgeries, showing a path of stability of his condition and vital parameters “Which allowed the reduction and suspension of sedation". And to explain how it is the athlete and to testify once again Zanardi's courage and great strength was his son Niccolò in an interview with Corriere.

The testimony of the son

"Dad is fine, thank you - said the XNUMX-year-old-. In short, a little better. The doctors have explained to us in detail all the path that he will have to follow. They give us a lot of news and fortunately positive. But the best is that today we are already here, for rehabilitation, and it's only been a month, exactly one month since the accident.". The young man added that the athlete "it is no longer in danger of life”, But that the path that awaits him is very long. "We are also happy - added - because his recovery was much faster than we expected. But we shouldn't be surprised: this is dad. The energy of that man is incredible, he has extraordinary strength".

And Zanardi's family is well aware of the affection of all of Italy for the athlete. Anyone hopes that the recovery is really possible for a man who has never given up and who despite the umpteenth test will succeed once again to bring out all that strength and courage that distinguish him.

Zanardi's battle: transferred to a rehabilitation clinic last edit: 2020-07-22T13:30:00+02:00 da Federica Puglisi

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