Ilaria, Born with the Tetralogy of Fallot: "The Evening Before the Heart Surgery I Could Not Sleep. I Had an Experience that I Still Struggle to Explain. I Saw Above My Mother the Figure of Padre Pio. I Knew Nothing of Him, I Interpreted It as a Sign"

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Born with a severe congenital heart disease, Ilaria was operated at an open heart at only 6 months. At 12 years of age, a second operation, after 25 failed attempts, took her one step away from death. Today, 24 years after that surgery, she trains, works in communication and looks at the scar on her chest with pride: "It is proof that I have made it."