{"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\/pt\/news\/back-in-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobrevivente do atentado da Maratona voltou \u00e0 corrida com a ajuda do seu prestador de cuidados de sa\u00fade prim\u00e1rios da Southcoast Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foi quando a bomba de um terrorista explodiu a poucos metros do local onde ela se encontrava, na Boylston Street, perto da meta da corrida de 2013 Maratona de Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackburn estava \u00e0 espera que a sua companheira de quarto e melhor amiga, Erin, terminasse a corrida. A explos\u00e3o da primeira de duas bombas colocadas entre a multid\u00e3o de espectadores derrubou-a, danificando gravemente as duas pernas e os p\u00e9s. Os ferimentos na perna esquerda foram t\u00e3o graves que os cirurgi\u00f5es pensaram inicialmente que teriam de a amputar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fiquei em choque e, quando olhei em volta, s\u00f3 vi pessoas feridas \u00e0 minha volta\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passou cerca de quatro semanas a recuperar dos ferimentos e das cirurgias e a aprender a andar de novo. Quando teve alta de um hospital de Boston, foi viver com os pais em Oxford durante cinco meses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi submetida a reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o para fortalecer os m\u00fasculos das pernas que tinham atrofiado, regressou ao seu trabalho no gabinete de admiss\u00f5es do antigo Wheelock College (onde os professores e funcion\u00e1rios doaram o seu tempo de doen\u00e7a e de f\u00e9rias para que ela nunca ficasse um dia sem sal\u00e1rio durante a sua recupera\u00e7\u00e3o) e casou com o seu noivo Jim, com quem tinha come\u00e7ado a namorar pouco antes do atentado na maratona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tornou-se uma ciclista dedicada do Peloton e acabou por come\u00e7ar a correr, apesar do incha\u00e7o provocado pelo linfedema resultante da extensa les\u00e3o dos tecidos das pernas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entretanto, precisava de um m\u00e9dico de cuidados prim\u00e1rios para supervisionar os seus cuidados e encontrou um em 2015, n\u00e3o muito longe de Freetown, onde viveu durante o seu noivado: O prestador de cuidados prim\u00e1rios da Southcoast Health, Dra. Felicia Barreto<\/a>que exerce no gabinete de sa\u00fade Truesdale em Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foi um grande al\u00edvio ter algu\u00e9m em quem confio ao meu lado\", disse Blackburn. \"Ela n\u00e3o aceita um 'n\u00e3o' como resposta e insiste nas coisas at\u00e9 ficar satisfeita. Confio absolutamente nela\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assim, quando Michele decidiu que queria correr ela pr\u00f3pria a Maratona de Boston em 2023, no 10\u00ba anivers\u00e1rio do atentado \u00e0 Maratona, recorreu a Barreto para lhe recomendar um especialista em medicina desportiva. Duas vezes por semana, fazia terapia e reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o para o linfedema e p\u00f4de continuar a treinar para a maratona, ao mesmo tempo que cuidava dos seus dois filhos pequenos e trabalhava como conselheira em gabinetes de admiss\u00e3o de universidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poucos dias antes da corrida de 2023, Michele come\u00e7ou a sentir uma nova dor durante uma corrida ligeira e contou a Barreto, que a mandou fazer exames. Os resultados revelaram que ela tinha sofrido uma fratura de stress na p\u00e9lvis durante os treinos e teve de desistir dos seus planos de correr a maratona desse ano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi uma grande desilus\u00e3o, mas n\u00e3o a fez parar e, assim que p\u00f4de, voltou a treinar para competir na corrida de 2024. N\u00e3o foi f\u00e1cil, e o linfedema nas pernas teve de ser gerido cuidadosamente durante os treinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foi um ano dif\u00edcil\", disse ela. \"Foi um desafio tanto mental como f\u00edsico.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mas quando chegou o Dia dos Patriotas de 2024, Michele Blackburn estava entre os 30.000 corredores que come\u00e7aram a corrida. E quando cruzou a linha de chegada, 26,2 quil\u00f3metros depois, o marido, a fam\u00edlia e a melhor amiga Erin estavam l\u00e1 \u00e0 sua espera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tive a sorte de me candidatar este ano\", disse ela. \"O anivers\u00e1rio \u00e9 sempre um dia dif\u00edcil, mas agora tem um significado diferente.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grande parte do m\u00e9rito deve-se aos cuidados m\u00e9dicos especializados que recebeu nos anos que se seguiram ao bombardeamento. E nos \u00faltimos nove anos, Michele Blackburn tem podido contar com o Dr. Barreto, o seu prestador de cuidados prim\u00e1rios da Southcoast Health, para gerir os seus cuidados. De facto, Michele, que agora vive em Uxbridge, faz com prazer a viagem de 45 minutos para consultar o Dr. Barreto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele deu este conselho a todos os que procuram estabelecer uma rela\u00e7\u00e3o produtiva com um prestador de cuidados prim\u00e1rios: \"Encontre algu\u00e9m que o trate com gentileza, que o ou\u00e7a e que o fa\u00e7a sentir como se fosse o seu \u00fanico doente quando est\u00e1 com ele - algu\u00e9m que esteja disposto a ir mais al\u00e9m pela sua sa\u00fade ao longo de todas as diferentes fases da sua vida e que leve a s\u00e9rio todas as preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es que lhe apresente. Encontre algu\u00e9m em quem possa confiar\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi isso que ela encontrou no Dr. Barreto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"N\u00e3o me canso de dizer coisas boas sobre ela. Ela fez uma grande diferen\u00e7a na minha vida\", disse Michele. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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