Since her birth, Maëva has been fighting. Suffering from meningitis, the young Cérétane had significant brain damage causing her serious disabilities. Her parents, Nathalie and Eric Aubert, talk about their daily life so that their daughter “tries to live like everyone else”.
Welcome. This is the Polynesian meaning of the first name chosen by his parents when he was born. 29 years ago, Maëva showed up. No one knew it yet, but it was she who was going to welcome her mother Nathalie and her father Éric into her world. And everyone around them. Suffering from meningitis at birth, this little one had significant brain damage causing serious disabilities. Years of trying to move mountains will follow. Without real answers from the local medical profession except for the placement of their daughter in a specialized institute. “We wanted to overcome this inevitability”. So the couple decided that they would lift these mountains themselves. To do this, they are launching an impressive solidarity channel called “Le rêve de Maëva”. The idea? Allow the family to raise funds to finance the treatments so that they can live as normally as possible. The benefactors (members or not of the association) are there. And they still are. “We are thinking of the Céretane Round and the challenge of the mayors, the opticians installed on rue Saint-Ferréol and all the generous donors. It is important for us to thank them. This help is precious.”
Progress
After several treatments followed abroad (Philadelphia until 2007, Miami until 2011), – where improvements at the intellectual, visual, sensory and physical levels were noted -, a failed hip operation forced them to stop these processes. From now on, Maëva and her parents go three times a year to Hasselt, a Dutch-speaking city in Belgium located in the Flemish region. There, a small team works with them on ABR* therapy. “This rehabilitative method, developed by the Russian professor Leonid Blyum, consists of a series of massages, pressures, tappings, impulses. Using various physiotherapy equipment (balls, eggs, balloons, sticks, vibrating balls, editor’s note)the ABR attempts to modulate the balance of the skeleton and deep fibers in order to rehabilitate the mobility of the limbs and joints“, explains Nathalie while Eric shows the instruments grouped in a solid oak sideboard in the dining room. “At the center, they show us how we should do it and we reproduce the gestures at home. It does him good, we see that there is a morphological evolution.”
“Family first”
Today, if the young woman remains in a wheelchair and is dependent, there is no question that all this “prevents him from doing what others do”. For a long time, they have put “aside” “disparaging looks” of some when they are out. “We have our own rhythm and our family language. We know that there is no miracle for her health, but we want her to benefit, to see as many things as possible. We take her to choose his clothes in the shops, we go to the restaurant We were at the Splendeurs de Chine park We watch films, we visit.they list while looking at their only daughter with a look of tenderness. The couple is united and sweeps away the restless nights, the reorganization that had to be had within the home: Eric and his days which start at 5 a.m. at the Community of Communes of Vallespir to take care of Maëva in the afternoons, Nathalie teaching CM level part-time. “It's normal. It's family first“They talk about their neighbor.”voyage“. Heading to the Plat Pays next February, for a new battery of exams. One more journey. They almost laugh about it. Until then, it is with family that they spend Christmas in this warm home where Maëva the coquette has her large bedroom, a sleeping area, a bathroom, her library and her impressive collection of jewelry that her mother coordinates with her daily outfits. Grandmas Jackie and Marie-Josée, supporters from the start, will be present. also Just like. Fiji, the miss's cat who likes to snuggle up with her at night. The uncles and aunts already see each other there. to my heart, to think about the future celebrations of the young lady's 30th birthday, on December 18, 2025. “We don't wonder about the distant future, but a new ten is worth celebrating! And all together!”. With a flutter of her eyelashes, Maëva confirms. Welcome.
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