“For six months my life and that of my family have been turned upside down by our youngest son's illness .” With these words Massimo Ambrosini , former footballer , sports manager and television commentator on Instagram , takes to the field for the Italian Diabetes Foundation , in support of research.
Ambrosini in the field for research: "My son is sick"
“My son Alessandro was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes , which is a chronic, degenerative autoimmune disease. It's a disease that can't be seen, but it can have very serious consequences ,” explains the former midfielder.
Born in Pesaro , Ambrosini is married to Paola Angelini , with whom he has three children, including three-year-old Alessandro , who suffers from type 1 diabetes , the autoimmune form that affects children. "We are constantly forced ," Ambrosini explains, " to monitor his blood sugar levels and give him insulin injections several times a day, every day."
Alessandro's Illness: "Type 1 Diabetes Is Incurable"
At the moment, he adds, "Type 1 diabetes is an incurable disease, but there is hope that comes exclusively from scientific research. My wife, I, and all the relatives of the 200 adults and children who have this disease want a definitive cure."
For this reason, he says again in the video, “I decided to run in the Milan Marathon , together with some of my former teammates, to support the Italian Diabetes Foundation ” and help “research to run faster”.
