"Dad had the Sla, which had been diagnosed three years ago after being operated on for a tumor of the intestine. The last few months have been really devastating and he on Thursday evening when he was admitted to the 'Circolo' hospital in Varese asked assisted sedation to be able to die peacefully ": this is how Gianluca Anastasi reminds ANSA of the disappearance of his father Pietro that took place yesterday, confirming that it was due to the Sla. "He chose Thursday night to leave. He called my mom and told us he wanted her right away."
"It all started three years ago with pain in the arm and leg but at the beginning we didn't say anything - reconstructs Gianluca - We did other tests and it turned out that he had a tumor in his intestine, even if the problem persisted Neurologic in the legs. Anyway Dad did surgery and the tumor was pulled away. Then we did other medical analyzes and investigations and the problem came out. The doctor told us that Ra Sla but Dad we preferred to keep silent even if he had understood everything. We decided to tell him the truth three months ago - continues the eldest son of Anastasi - but as he said he had already imagined it because the problems in the movements were evident. Since then it has precipitated and the last months have been really devastating, because dad could no longer move and was breathing hard and helped himself with the help of a machine from which he could no longer detach himself. Then he was also advised to have a tracheotomy but points he said 'enough', I will follow the fate of my disease, "and refused the fury therapeutic. So on Wednesday he entered the Hospice, where the terminally ill are, and the next day he decided to be sedated. He was conscious even if it was difficult to speak, he greeted us, my brother who lives in America, then me and my mom, we chatted half an hour of the old days and the good life together then the doctor arrived, he put the needle for assisted sedation. In 40 minutes he fell asleep and Dad died the next day. "
