"My wife Fulvia found me collapsed on the floor, at the bottom of the stairs. She says I was in a pool of blood, with my head open and one eye out of its socket. I'm alive by a miracle, but I don't remember anything about the month in intensive care.". Alberto Zaccheroni tells for the first time, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, of the head trauma suffered in the domestic accident of February 10th.
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"I risked my life, let's not beat around the bush. The blow was terrible, the great relief is that I did not suffer brain damage", he says. The technician doesn't remember anything about that afternoon, “I only know what my wife, who was with me at home in Cesenatico, told me. She was on the ground floor, I was probably going down the stairs and I slipped. I fell down eight or ten steps. She ran over because she heard my screams. I had hit my head, you can imagine how scared she was. The reason for the fall? Since my son Luca's dog was there, it is thought that I was holding her and I leaned forward to protect her from the thud”.
His wife Fulvia continues, “he called 118, they rushed me to the Bufalini hospital in Cesena where I was admitted to intensive care. They sedated me, I was not alert”. Has been “I needed surgery to reduce the bleeding. I have a big scar on my head to remind me. They had intubated me, I had a feeding tube”, goes on.
Zaccheroni's story: "I risked my life, extraordinary doctors"
The March 10 “I was transferred for rehabilitation to the Marconi hospital in Cesenatico. I did physiotherapy, worked with speech therapists. I have to thank the doctors and all the staff of the two institutes who followed me. They were extraordinary”. Zaccheroni he was discharged on April 22, “I waited a few days and then I went to say hello to the Bufalini staff. I didn't even recognize the hospital.”
The technician turned 1 on April 70st: “I am aware that I risked not making it alive. That day I wasn't thinking about 70, I was focused on recovery. How am I now? I lost two diopters from my eye, the lesser evil considering the initial damage. I don't have a driving license because I will have to take some tests before I get it back and I have some short-term memory deficits”. "I want to take my life back into my hands, I have to be able to regain control of my daily routine. If before walking was a hobby, now it is a necessity"he adds.
Article published on May 26, 2023 - 12:30 pm
