It’s a work in progress. A path in which you continue to walk, without stopping because that’s how you do it. This is what “The Story of Caesar” teaches, which Valentina Mastroianni wrote and presented in front of a packed auditorium of the Piacenza and Vigevano Foundation as on few occasions.
A STORY OF COURAGE
However, “The Story of Caesar” is not just a book: it is a real story of courage and resilience which Valentina and her family have been putting into practice every day since Cesare, her son, had a small mocha-coloured spot on his skin. The medical visits begin and the diagnosis finally arrives: neurofibromatosis, NF1, a rare genetic pathology.
Valentina told it in a meeting, introduced by councilor Nicoletta Corvi and the organizers Massimo Fellegara and Giulia Piscina (although great credit goes to Eleonora Stavar who was the main promoter of the event).
HOW THE IDEA OF THE BOOK WAS BORN
“Initially I began to tell this story through social media – explains the author – from there the idea of the book was born which highlights all the complexities that we as a family have faced since the diagnosis arrived, since when we started hearing about rare diseases, tumors.”
Yet Valentina has never lost her smile: “I am a woman, a mother, a wife like many for whom life has reserved a marathon – she explains – from there I felt the desire to be close to the families who face a journey like the ours because we felt alone.”
