Paola Caruso returns to Verissimo's studio to tell Silvia Toffanin that the doctors unfortunately gave her son Michele no hope of being able to walk on his own again after the last operation. An injection given to him in Egypt a year earlier had left the little boy with permanent damage to his sciatic nerve.
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Paola Caruso returns in tears to Verissimo by Silvia Toffanin. The last time last September, in the same studio, the former Bonas of Avanti un Altro had told of his fears for the health of his four-year-old son Michele, who had undergone an operation last April that it was hoped would allow him to walk again without the help of braces.
The outcome of the post-intervention visit
After the last medical examination, six months after the delicate operation, there is no good news for Paola Caruso's son, who is in tears at Verissimo. “Unfortunately, Michi hasn't improved“, he tells Silvia Toffanin. “A mother can have no illusions about the health of her child, and today I know that Unfortunately, the damage they did to him is permanent. “I still couldn’t get over the pain, but I’ve noticed for months that he wasn’t getting any better,” she says. The child will therefore not be able to walk alone for the time being unless new experimental treatments can change the situation. “The doctor told me that there is currently no cure. The guardian will be his life partner, coupled with a lot of physiotherapy,” explains Paola Caruso. “He will have to undergo many operations. What scares me is the pain my son will have to endure.
What happened to Paola Caruso's son?
For months, the showgirl has been keeping her fans updated on the health of her son Michele, who lost the ability to walk independently after a tire puncture in Egypt Lesion of a sciatic nerve. In December 2022, he decided to share his story publicly and immediately announced the seriousness of the situation. While they were vacationing together in Egypt, the child began to feel unwell, so a local doctor gave him an injection that proved harmful: “The child could no longer feel his leg, he could no longer feel anything. From a healthy child who had been running and playing until the afternoon, I discovered that my son was paralyzed in one leg he didn't walk anymore“. After returning to Italy, surgery was begun but proved ineffective to repair the damage to the engine system.