Luigi Pellegrino is now in a waking coma. More good news, more than a month after the tragic shooting along the main street of Parete in the province of Caserta, which rendered a young athlete a vegetative being on Christmas Eve and an important date in his football career: he was supposed to sign a contract with the Avellino youth team in Serie B. But since that fateful afternoon of December 24th, he hadn't woken up, when, before losing consciousness after being hit in the head by a stray bullet, he whispered to his cousin: "Don't worry, I'm strong." And he proved it. struggling Like a lion, or perhaps ten, a hundred lions. He's clinging to life thanks in part to the patient work of doctors at Caserta hospital. And now, as Il Mattino online reports, he's in a conscious coma and is even being fed by his paternal grandmother, Giulia. "Given the latest developments, we're making arrangements to transfer Luigi to a specialized rehabilitation center, the Maugeri in Telese," Brunello Pezza, head of the intensive care unit at Caserta hospital, explained to Il Mattino. He speaks to Luigi's responses to external stimuli. "The boy remains in a medically induced coma, which at this point has become a conscious coma, given his responses to external stimuli," Pezza explains. "These are small, positive changes. It's as if a small window has now opened between Luigi and the outside world. Now we want to widen this window. To do this, it's important to work with the family." On Wednesday, January 31st, doctors will decide whether Luigi will be transferred to Maugeri Hospital in Telese, a foundation whose mission is to help patients with post-acute and chronic, disabling conditions, including neuromotor disorders. From that moment, he will begin the journey that will lead him back to life in the coming months. That life he has clung to throughout this month with the prayers, warmth, and love of all his loved ones.