The interview
Carlotta Ferlito and her mother suffering from ALS: “I see her dying out day after day”
The gymnast tells Verissimo about her mother’s illness: “There is no solution and there is no improvement”
“My mother is not well and will not be better. We try to accompany her towards what will be her end, towards another life, in the most peaceful way possible”. Carlotta Ferlito tell very true the disease of mother, affected by ALS.
“She started feeling unwell in January 2022. She doesn’t like medical visits, but we managed to get a diagnosis of a degenerative neuromotor disease in November 2022. She started feeling lose control of his body quickly. She is very young, she is 58 years old, “explains the gymnast.
The mother’s condition worsens day by day: “There is no solution and there is no improvement. I tried to stay close to her. Now she can no longer express herself and we struggle to understand what she wants to say and what she wants to convey. It is bad because his mind is clear, but he cannot communicate. She is completely aware of the course of the disease.”
To try to make her suffer as little as possible, Carlotta Ferlito explains that the woman was recently taken to a hospital hospice: “She has already made all the decisions and I respect them. I could never accept not having control of my body, so I hope that her pain ends as soon as possible. As a daughter, I think the greatest pain is to see it go away your mother’s face. I see it fading day after day.”
April 28, 2024
