The last weeks of December 2000 started with vomiting.

He kept throwing up everything she ate she vomited that day took me to the Castro Rendón Hospital in the city of Neuquén. The guard gave me an injection and I went home . Later that my situation got worse worsened. Vomiting was more frequent and also I had delirious moments with fever. Ambulance and hospital again. I did research.I had had meningitis . That same day I was taken to the ICU ( Intensive Care Unit ) .

On December 25 I went into an induced coma , Dec. 28 my son Franco was born. Days passed and my situation was getting worse . In mid- January 2001, my situation was complicated. On Jan. 15 he recommended to my parents to start thinking of organ donation as they tried all possible treatments and drugs for these diagnoses (because my situation was very bad)

On January 20th I woke up from a nightmare. It was like a dream that never ended. It had been nearly a month in a coma. I didn not understand anything , where I was or what had happened to me.

When I awoke, my body was completely atrophied. I couldn’ t move my legs , had paraplegia by spinal injury , product of Viral Meningitis . The doctor told me everything that had happened to me, and made me realized that I was on the verge of death. I was explained that he tried with all treatments and had lost any improvement hope. Also, told me I had diabetes, but not to worry about because I had a life ahead and diabetes was nothing compared to what I had suffered at the hospital. He gave me some pills and instructed me to begin rehabilitation. I went home with Diabetes in a wheelchair. It took me almost a year to recover from paraplegia . From wheelchair to crutches spent and time again to move on my own
Today , after 13 years, I live a normal life due to insulin pump therapy. 


Pablo Martin Padoani
Rio Negro, Argentina