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from a diary 

This diary entry recounts a patient’s delicate journey toward healing, marked by years of suffering and hope. At fifty-six, Mario, after a long battle with pain and physical disability, crosses the threshold of the hospital – an invisible boundary where past and future converge. The surgical procedure, aimed at restoring balance to his body, unfolded amid fear and uncertainty, yet was made possible through the constant presence and meticulous care of doctors and nurses. Every reassuring word, every attentive gesture, returned to Mario a sense of humanity that transformed his suffering into awareness. It wasn’t just his body that healed, but also his spirit – welcomed and cared for in an embrace that reached beyond the limits of medicine.