GORIZIA. Erica Aguzzoni defined herself as a “enjoyable soul”, a lover of travels, good food and parties, and this is how her sister Francesca remembers her, who in turn defines her as “a true warrior of light”. Yesterday morning, however, Erica’s battle was interrupted, cut short by the disease. He was only 43 years old.
In a poignant letter, Francesca also mentions her sister in the name of her parents Nadia and Rodolfo. «A particular soul that only a few could understand, a soul in search of love in this world that too often does not know how to give it, a fragile soul often misunderstood.
Erica was the strongest woman I know, she taught me never to give up, she fought against the unforgiving illness, an excruciating ordeal for the whole family ».
The sister tells of the 7 long-hour operation in Aviano, the difficulties to visit her limited by the pandemic that has taken humanity away from being close to one’s loved one “and then the chemo, having to shave her hair because she saw it fall, one torment that only those who have lived can understand, trying to remain dignified in a body that was transforming, but you never asked for anything “:” You faced everything in silence without disturbing anyone – he explains – indeed continuing to encourage other people and always giving smiles and jokes. You liked joking so much. Your family understood that you didn’t want to know and so too by dying inside us because we knew your cruel fate, we put on smile masks and we protected you with all the love in the world making you dream until the last of your days “.
“White lies to create a normality that cancer takes away, because those who live this drama know that you no longer live in normality – continues Francesca -, but Erica never knew what normal life is, she struggled with health from birth with his rare disease is Peutz-Jeghers. He made you live differently from everyone, always for hospitals until you took away a future. In the end we treated you at home, the dramatic palliative treatments, the morphine injections, seeing you die little by little was the most excruciating test of our life. Indelible images that the soul of mum, dad and mine will never be able to take away from the heart and mind. How many sleepless nights, how much suffering, how much you had to fight in this life ».
“My family and I – Francesca concludes – we would like to thank all the people I define as angels who have been able to give Erica smiles and words of love every day, all the doctors who have helped us in this painful path and I want to thank God that he answered only one prayer: to make her die without pain, sleeping. Perhaps this can be called a miracle for us humans God’s plan will always remain a mystery, but Erica was divine, whoever knew her well, whoever looked deeply will still feel her heart beyond death. Life after life ».
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