Lele Mora, who over two decades helped make dozens of sports and television personalities famous, has spent 15 days hospitalized at Rome’s Policlinico Umberto I after suffering a stroke mid-tour, ilmessaggero.it reported. The neurology ward is crowded with visiting relatives, and Mora lies in a corner bed among the patients. “They pulled me from death. If I am still here I owe it only to God,” he said.
Mora fell ill before taking the stage at Teatro San Filippo in L’Aquila on October 24 but performed anyway for a sold-out crowd, he told the outlet. He went on anyway out of respect for the spectators who had paid for their tickets. The following day, while riding the train from L’Aquila to Rome on his way home to Verona, he fainted and spent five days in intensive care at Umberto I before waking.
Medical Team Maps 60-Day Rehabilitation
Doctors led by Professor Giovanni Fabbrini, director of Neurology, and Professor Francesco Pugliese, director of Emergency and Urgent Care, told Mora he faces a rehabilitation period of at least 60 days, ilmessaggero.it reported. Given the conditions in which he entered the hospital, he considers himself fortunate and thanks God besides the staff. He said the staff “literally pulled me by the hair” back from death and called the doctors and nurses extraordinary people who helped him feel less alone.
Transfer to Verona Awaits an Open Bed
Mora wants to move to a hospital in Verona to be near his family, but no bed has been secured in the Veneto region yet, ilmessaggero.it reported. His daughter Diana and son Mirko have alternated driving hundreds of kilometers to stay at his side, and Don Felice, a priest from the Exodus community founded by Don Mazzi where Mora has volunteered since 2012, has also visited him in the ward. He began volunteering there after probation ordered by the Milan court following his bankruptcy conviction. Agreeing with his family, he chose not to notify anyone in show business beyond their closest circle: “They count more than everyone.”
Mora Says He Fights for His Children
Calling this ordeal the hardest trial of his life, Mora said he wants to fight for the affection he owes his two children and grandchildren. “I live for them,” he said, ilmessaggero.it reported. The interview ended when Diana handed him a phone for a video call with one of his grandchildren, and Mora broke into tears.
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