The good news in the evolution of the health of the Sevillian goalkeeper Sergio Rico filled his family with happiness. The soccer player suffered an accident in the El Rocío pilgrimage for which he was evacuated on Sunday, May 28, and transferred to the ICU of the Virgen del Rocío hospital in Seville, where he remained in a coma for 22 days.
Almost a month of anguish, but after which the athlete seems to see the light little by little. Rico has come out of a coma, is now conscious and communicates with his family and his doctors with gestures. Next to him, his wife, Alba Silva, who does not leave his side.
A woman who is living a real nightmare, and who has always been very grateful for the displays of affection that both her husband and she are receiving. However, she wanted to have a few special words to celebrate the birthday of someone who is serving as her unconditional support.
This is Macarena, his sister, to whom he wanted to dedicate a reflection that he shared through his public Instagram profile. Silva’s wife calls her sister her “lifeline” and says that without her, he would not have been able to move on.
Alba Silva assures that her sister is “the person who holds me so tightly that she never lets me fall, the one who trusts me more than myself, the one who has given me a thousand lessons along our path together, the one who does not gets tired of comforting me and holding my hand,” telling her that she is strong and to keep her head up.
Silva assures that she is proud of her, of her values, her loyalty and of who she is. “You leave your life for your loved ones, because thanks to you I know that I will never walk alone, because you are there for everyone, because you have always been my example and because our union goes far beyond having the same blood,” insists Sergio’s wife. Rich. “Happy birthday sister, I love you madly,” she ends.
Not only Alba has words of affection and love for her sister. Macarena Silva herself has dedicated more than one reflection to her brother-in-law, whom she loves madly.
“All of us who know you fill our mouths when talking about you. ‘How good is your brother-in-law Sergio’ is the phrase I always hear when someone who didn’t know you does it,” Macarena said in a message that the young woman wrote. just after the athlete’s accident.
“If there is someone who does not deserve to go through this, it is you. Because you are an example of the person we all should be. Because you are noble and in your heart there is not an iota of evil,” he insisted, assuring that he would continue by his side “fighting hard” because they need him “a lot”.
The 29-year-old goalkeeper, trained in the Sevilla youth academy, in whose first team he was from the 2014-15 to 2018-19 season, was on Saturday, May 27, called up by the French team for the penultimate game of the French league , who was playing in Strasbourg, where PSG drew 1-1 and became champion of the tournament. After that game, the goalkeeper moved to the village of El Rocío, where he had the accident for which he was evacuated on Sunday, May 28, to the Seville hospital, where he has been since then.
