For Giancarlo Foddai only the gaze speaks: 47 years old , from Sassari, since 2020 he has been enticed in his home in Li Punti because of ALS , the neurodegenerative disease that affects motor neurons and makes any movement impossible. Except that of the eyes that transmit the words of the man, attached to fans and machinery for living, through the interface of a vocal communicator.
“A help, a concrete help ”, reproduces this, transferring the request of Giancarlo, and his family, to have a fourth nurse to take care of him.
“The first two - explains his brother Massimo - are paid by the Region with the 'Return home' project, the third by us with Giancarlo's pension. The fourth, after having funded the savings and sold some assets, we can no longer afford it ”. A presence, however, fundamental for the survival of the 47-year-old, devoid of any autonomy, tracheotomized, and who feeds only thanks to peg, percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy. In fact, professional skills are needed to supervise humans and machinery within 24 hours , an experience, now given by the nurses in turn, and which certainly cannot be covered by dad Lorenzo and mom Lina, the elderly parents.
" We need 19 thousand euros that we do not own ", adds Massimo, calculating the sum which, overall, is below 80 thousand.
Meanwhile, the rescue of Fiat 500 Club Florinas has arrived, which has procured 900 euros of medicines not covered by the national health system.
“A little help - explains vice president Roberto Vannini - now we hope to create a network with other associations to support Giancarlo”. The alternative would be to move him away from home.
"It does not exist - family members rebel - it must remain here".
He, a former upholsterer, who in a short time, since 2018, has lost all mobility, turns to us again with his still vital gaze: “Concrete help. A thousand thanks".