She is 18 years old. Due to the coronavirus, she was in a coma for three weeks and lost her right leg, which doctors had to amputate. But the mental strength that student Elia Fontaine from the Walloon Wanze shows, is enormous. “That I now have to learn to walk again is just a detail in my life. Above all, I want to be able to play basketball with my friends again, ”she says. Her friends are now raising money for a modified prosthesis so she can make that dream come true.
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The surgery where doctors amputated her leg happened on May 20. Not even two months ago. But Elia Fontaine, who studies tourism at a high school, talks about it with great ease …
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