{"id":18156,"date":"2024-07-08T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/back-in-the-race\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:37:13","slug":"back-in-the-race","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/back-in-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Una superviviente del atentado del marat\u00f3n volvi\u00f3 a la carrera con la ayuda de su proveedor de atenci\u00f3n primaria de Southcoast Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fue entonces cuando la bomba de un terrorista explot\u00f3 a escasos metros de donde ella se encontraba, en Boylston Street, cerca de la l\u00ednea de meta de la edici\u00f3n de 2013 de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baa.org\/races\/boston-marathon\">Marat\u00f3n de Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackburn esperaba a que su compa\u00f1era de piso y mejor amiga, Erin, terminara la carrera. La explosi\u00f3n de la primera de las dos bombas colocadas entre la multitud de espectadores la derrib\u00f3, da\u00f1\u00e1ndole gravemente ambas piernas y pies. Las heridas de su pierna izquierda eran tan graves que los cirujanos pensaron en un principio que tendr\u00edan que amput\u00e1rsela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Estaba en estado de shock, y cuando mir\u00e9 a mi alrededor s\u00f3lo ve\u00eda gente herida\", dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasar\u00eda unas cuatro semanas recuper\u00e1ndose de sus heridas y operaciones y aprendiendo a andar de nuevo. Cuando le dieron el alta en un hospital de Boston, se fue a vivir con sus padres a Oxford durante cinco meses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Se someti\u00f3 a rehabilitaci\u00f3n para fortalecer los m\u00fasculos de las piernas que se hab\u00edan atrofiado, volvi\u00f3 a su trabajo en la oficina de admisiones del antiguo Wheelock College (donde el profesorado y el personal donaron sus d\u00edas de baja por enfermedad y vacaciones para que no pasara ni un d\u00eda sin cobrar durante su recuperaci\u00f3n) y se cas\u00f3 con su prometido Jim, con quien hab\u00eda empezado a salir justo antes del atentado del marat\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Se convirti\u00f3 en una devota ciclista del Pelot\u00f3n y, finalmente, empez\u00f3 a correr a pesar de la inflamaci\u00f3n provocada por el linfedema que le caus\u00f3 el extenso da\u00f1o tisular sufrido en las piernas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mientras tanto, necesitaba un m\u00e9dico de atenci\u00f3n primaria que supervisara su atenci\u00f3n y encontr\u00f3 uno en 2015 no muy lejos de Freetown, donde vivi\u00f3 durante su compromiso: El m\u00e9dico de atenci\u00f3n primaria de Southcoast Health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/felicia-barreto-md\/\">Dra. Felicia Barreto<\/a>que ejerce en el consultorio Truesdale Health de Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Fue un gran alivio tener a mi lado a alguien en quien confiaba\", dijo Blackburn. \"No acepta un 'no' por respuesta y se aferra a las cosas hasta que est\u00e1 satisfecha. Conf\u00edo plenamente en ella\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por eso, cuando Michele decidi\u00f3 que quer\u00eda correr ella misma el marat\u00f3n de Boston en 2023, en el d\u00e9cimo aniversario del atentado, acudi\u00f3 a Barreto para que le recomendara un especialista en medicina deportiva. Dos veces por semana, recib\u00eda terapia y rehabilitaci\u00f3n para el linfedema y pudo seguir entren\u00e1ndose para el marat\u00f3n, al tiempo que cuidaba de sus dos hijos peque\u00f1os y trabajaba como asesora en oficinas de admisi\u00f3n de universidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entonces, pocos d\u00edas antes de la carrera de 2023, Michele empez\u00f3 a sentir un nuevo dolor durante una carrera ligera y se lo comunic\u00f3 a Barreto, que la envi\u00f3 a hacerse pruebas. Los resultados revelaron que hab\u00eda sufrido una fractura p\u00e9lvica por estr\u00e9s durante el entrenamiento, y tuvo que abandonar sus planes de correr el marat\u00f3n de ese a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fue una gran decepci\u00f3n, pero no la detuvo; y en cuanto pudo, volvi\u00f3 a entrenarse para competir en la carrera de 2024. No fue f\u00e1cil, y el linfedema de sus piernas tuvo que ser tratado con cuidado mientras entrenaba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Fue un a\u00f1o duro\", dijo. \"Fue un reto tanto mental como f\u00edsico\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pero cuando lleg\u00f3 el D\u00eda de los Patriotas de 2024, Michele Blackburn estaba entre los 30.000 corredores que empezaron la carrera. Y cuando cruz\u00f3 la l\u00ednea de meta 26,2 millas despu\u00e9s, su marido, su familia y su mejor amiga Erin estaban all\u00ed esper\u00e1ndola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"He tenido suerte de presentarme este a\u00f1o\", dijo. \"El aniversario siempre es un d\u00eda dif\u00edcil, pero ahora significa algo diferente\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gran parte del m\u00e9rito se debe a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica especializada que ha recibido en los a\u00f1os transcurridos desde el atentado. Y durante los \u00faltimos nueve a\u00f1os, Blackburn ha podido contar con el Dr. Barreto, su m\u00e9dico de atenci\u00f3n primaria de Southcoast Health, para gestionar su atenci\u00f3n. De hecho, Michele, que ahora vive en Uxbridge, hace con gusto el trayecto de 45 minutos en coche para ver al Dr. Barreto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michele dio este consejo a cualquiera que desee establecer una relaci\u00f3n productiva con un m\u00e9dico de atenci\u00f3n primaria: \"Encuentra a alguien que te trate con amabilidad, te escuche y te haga sentir como si fueras su \u00fanico paciente cuando est\u00e1s con \u00e9l; alguien que est\u00e9 dispuesto a ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 por tu salud a lo largo de todas las diferentes etapas de tu vida y que se tome en serio cualquier preocupaci\u00f3n que le plantees. Encuentra a alguien en quien puedas confiar\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eso es lo que ha encontrado en el Dr. Barreto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"No tengo palabras para describirla. 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