THEY SAY THAT PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS EQUALLY DEPEND ON THEIR CHARACTER AND ON CHANCE.

UNFORTUNATELY I HAD THE ILL-LUCK TO BE FOR A WHILE AMONG THE UNHAPPY ONES, WHO BECAME UNHAPPY BY CHANCE. WOKE UP ONE MORNING, EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO, WITH NAUSEA AND SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN. I WENT IN A HURRY TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE, A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, WANTED TO PERFORM AN APPENDICITIS SURGERY ON ME. ONLY GOD OPENED MY MIND AND I REFUSED (I SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND OUT THAT IF THEY MADE ME AN ANESTHESIA I WAS GOING TO DIE). THE LIVER ANALYSIS CAME AND THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I HAD HEPATITIS. I WAS URGENTLY TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL - OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - WHERE A UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR PUT ME ON A WRONG MEDICATION, WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY INTRODUCED ME BY VAIN GENTAMICINE, DESTROYING MY KIDNEY.

THIS NIGHTMARE LASTED FOR THREE WEEKS, DURING THIS PERIOD I FELT LIKE MY LIFE IS FLOWING DOWN ON ME. I WAS SCARED, I FELT VERY SICK, I WAS MELTING AWAY, BUT THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INCAPACITY AND TO SEND ME TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL. I PRAYED, THE DEAR ONES PRAYED FOR ME, AND GOD DID NOT LEAVE US. THEY MADE ME ALL THE POSSIBLE ANALYSIS - AT OUR EXPENSE AS -THEY SAID - THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT HAVE REAGENTS. EACH MORNING THEY USED TO TAKE BLOOD SAMPLES.

I HAD BLACK HANDS FROM THE BROKEN VEINS, BUT A DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT ESTABLISHED FOR ME. AT THE END OF THE 3 WEEKS, THEY DISCHARGED ME, TELLING ME TO GO HOME, TO REST, BECAUSE THE DESEASE, THE SAME WAY AS IT CAME, WILL PASS. IN PAJAMAS, WRAPPER AND SLIPPERS I WENT DIRECTLY TO A THIRD HOSPITAL, WHERE I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 WEEKS. IT SEEMED THAT - FINALLY - THEY CAN ESTABLISH A DIAGNOSIS. BUT I WANTED TO KNOW THE CAUSE. THEY MADE ME A BIOPSY BUT, AT THE LABORATORY, THE NURSE WHO TOOK THE SAMPLE FOR THE ANALYSIS, DID NOT ADEQUATELY DIVIDE THE PIECE OF KIDNEY THAT WAS EXTRACTED AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT WELL TAKEN -AFTER EVERYONE ASSISTING TO THE BIOPSY (7 PHYSICIANS) HAD AGREED WITH THE FACT THAT THE PIECE IS BIG ENOUGH AND IT IS PERFECT FOR THE ANALYSIS.

THE LABORATORY ASKED ME A NEW BIOPSY. I FELT LIKE THE SKY WAS CRUSHING DOWN ON ME. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? A 20-25 CM NEEDLE IS INTRODUCED THROUGH THE BACK AND ANOTHER PIECE IS CUT FROM THE KIDNEY. AFTER I WAS GOING TO LIE ON MY BELLY FOR 6 HOURS WITHOUT MOVING, THEN THE REST UP TO 24 HOURS WITHOUT GETTING DOWN FROM THE BED, IN ORDER NOT TO DO A HEMORRHAGE.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT I CATEGORICALLY SAID NO, ASKING THE DOCTORS IF I COULD BE GIVEN THE MEDICATION LIKE THIS, WITHOUT REPEATING THE BIOPSY.

I WAS “BLINDLY” TREATED AND IT WORKED OUT. I WAS ADMINISTERED CORTISONE FOR 6 MONTHS, VITAMINS, ANTI-ACIDS..., SO MANY THAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE WATCH BECAUSE ONCE AT 2 HOURS I HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER MEDICINE.

LITTLE BY LITTLE I STARTED TO FEEL BETTER. I THOUGHT THAT MY DESEASE THAT STARTED IN NOVEMBER WILL BE OVER IN JUNE, ONCE THE TREATMENT WOUD BE FINISHED. NO WAY. THE CORTISONE HEALED MY KIDNEYS, BUT IT ATTACKED MY BONES.

NOW I HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS. I THOUGHT I WOULD PSYCHICALLY FALL DOWN. BUT THE EQUILIBRIUM OF HAPPY PEOPLE (BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY BEFORE BECAUSE I KNEW TO THANK GOD FOR EACH DAY), WELL, MY EQUILIBRIUM, CAME FROM THE PEACE THAT FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES GAVE TO MY CHARACTER.

AND THE VERY MOMENT WHEN I WAS FEELING THAT I COULD NOT FIGHT ANYMORE, YOUR HELP CAME.

THE GREAT SOULS ARE NOT THE ONES HAVING FEWER PASSIONS AND MORE VIRTUES THAN THE COMMON SOULS, BUT THOSE HAVING THE BEST INTENTIONS.

I FELT A HUGE WARMTH FROM A PERSON NOT BEING A FELLOW, BUT SUCCEEDING IN BEING ONE ONLY BY MEANS OF A GESTURE.

THANK YOU FROM ALL MY HEART, THANK YOU SINCERELY. AND AS SINCERITY IS A WINDOW OF THE HEART, HERE - I OPENED IT FOR YOU AND I RECEIVED THE WARMTH OF YOUR GENEROUS GESTURE.

I TOLD YOU ALL THESE - I HOPE I DIDN'T PUT YOUR PATIENCE TO
THE TEST - IN ORDER FOR YOU TO KNOW TOWARDS WHO YOUR ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED... AND I BEGAN TO CONTINUE TO LIVE, BEING ASTONISHED THAT I COULD LIVE, THAT MY LIFE CAN CONTINUE ITS WAY AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. OR ALMOST NOTHING. THERE ARE TRACES THAT I WILL BEAR A FEW YEARS WITH ME AND THAT - I AM HOPING THAT THEY WOULD SLOWLY PASS. I DON'T FIND THE WORDS TO THANK YOU. I TOLD YOU THE STORY, AS IT WAS.
TRULY YOURS, GEORGIANA


DEAR GEORGIANA,

I WAS VERY TOUCHED TO RECEIVE YOUR KIND LETTER. HONESTLY, I NEVER EXPECTED THIS FOR I KNEW YOU WERE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP. YOUR STORY IS AN AMAZING ONE AND YOUR ATTITUDE TO EACH STEP ALONG THAT PATH OF SUFFERING IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN ENDURE -WITH GOD'S HELP, THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS.

THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I FEEL WE DO NOT PUT ALL OUR TRUST IN JESUS WHO IS THE SAME TO-DAY AS WHEN HE CURED SO MANY DURING HIS PUBLIC LIFE ON EARTH.

MY MOTHER HAD A FAVOURITE PRAYER WHICH SHE TAUGHT US -“SACRED HEART OF JESUS I PLACE ALL MY TRUST IN YOU”. (SHE ALWAYS ADDED “DO NOT DOUBT IF YOU REALLY MEAN THAT PRAYER”)

ONE DAY I HOPE WE WILL MEET, GEORGIANA. BUT, MEANTIME WE CAN PRAY FOR EACH OTHER.

GOD BE WITH YOU! (IRISH BLESSING) WITH LOVE,

UNION DE PIERES,
SISTER MARY ALOYSIUS