Neida Sandoval a 19 years of accident that changed his life and that of his family, pays homage and recounts everything that happened: before, during and after.
19 years ago, Neida was living one of the happiest moments of her life: she was the news presenter of the most watched show on TV, ‘Despierta América’, she had finally managed to get pregnant and had just had her twins, Ali and Abito with the love of her life.
But everything changed when her husband, David Cochran, suffered three strokes on the right side and a heart attack. 19 years after the biggest nightmare of her life, this is how the beloved journalist remembered in her Instagram account:
“13 January…Impossible to forget you! 19 years ago David collapsed in the kitchen of our house in Miami. It was the morning of January 13, 2003.. At that moment our life as a couple and as a family took another course. David could no longer carry our twins who were barely 4 and a half months old. Three strokes in the right part of the brain that controls the cognitive area and a heart attack left him immobile in bed and robbed him of all his learning.
The path It has been long… of battles and victories, of setbacks and falls, of moving forward with a smile and the faith that only God can give us! David was suddenly like a baby, he couldn’t walk, nor show his emotions, nor put on his clothes or take a bath, he couldn’t brush his teeth, nor eat alone, he forgot how to open a door, drive a car, say I love you, hug each other, I had lost the natural ability to laugh or get angry…
The medical prognosis was not encouraging but a combination of good doctors , excellent therapists, change of diet, medications administered correctly, care at home, family love, help from dear friends and faith in our supreme being today 19 Years later David is still here and we are with him.
His gait is slow but his neurocerebral capacity has largely recovered. David can no longer climb mountains and ride horses or display his dancing skills on a country music track!… It has not been an easy road and with the passage of time we must embrace even more our faith, tolerance, love, empathy and compassion.
One of the things I value is that our children Ali and Abito (Aliene Aida and Abener David) have had the privilege of growing up with their father, of share valuable knowledge when doing homework together during primary and secondary school, to develop as adolescents a sensitivity to people with special needs and to value the family unit and understand that there are no excuses to continue conquering their dreams. Thank you for your love and your prayers!”
With these words, Neida summed up the 16 He has been fighting for years with a fight of faith and love, of putting his family ahead of anything and of a wife that adversity never weakened her and became the strength of both.
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