Teresa Ruocco has cancer but she lives with this disease with a steadfast faith in Jesus. Therese always wants everyone to know how strong God's love is for her, as well as the immense love God has for her. for everyone.
Teresa Ruocco's family is a happy family with a simple life in the Campania region of Italy. Andrea and Laura have two lovely children: Teresa born on March 2, 2004 and Luca, three years younger. Teresa was born from a very difficult pregnancy and was in danger of not being born, but in the end, with the care and loving care of her family, she was born in peace. However, from September 2011, I started to feel pain in my feet. She was examined many times and her family was reassured because the doctor thought that the cause of the pain could be a fall.
In March 2012, because the pain in her leg did not go away and after many specialist visits and many tests, she was diagnosed with cancer. From there, Thérèse began to undergo a period of suffering and testing with extraordinary strength and piety. I began to be treated by doctors according to the protocol: first chemotherapy and then many times of radiation therapy for my legs. It seems that the disease is in remission, and because the condition seems to be better, in February 2013 she received a transplant.
In July of the same year, to be on the safe side, Thérèse was given a cycle of eight radiation treatments. A few days later, she received her first Holy Communion and on that occasion she recounted this experience of grace in a letter to her teachers and classmates: “I have had many wonderful and meaningful experiences. with my parents, but one experience that left a greater impression on children than others was the day they received their first Communion. Four months have passed since the cell transplant that I had to perform in order for the wound to heal, my mother, along with the parish priest, decided to allow me to receive Communion. That day I was very sad, out of caution the doctors did not allow the catheter to be removed, but then with the persuasion of my parents, the doctor agreed, I am very happy about this. The next days are beautiful, many busy with preparations to organize the important day, which for you will be a happiness and love for Jesus. The selection of costumes, candy boxes, restaurants, home decorations, all make children emotional. August 4, 2013 has arrived. You will never be able to forget this very important and wonderful day. That day was more beautiful than I imagined and I can never thank you enough for all you have done and are doing to me, especially when you help me smile again in a sad moment. . Now I just want to say: Thank you, Mom and Dad!". That day was more beautiful than I imagined and I can never thank you enough for all you have done and are doing to me, especially when you help me smile again in a sad moment. . Now I just want to say: Thank you, Mom and Dad!". That day was more beautiful than I imagined and I can never thank you enough for all you have done and are doing to me, especially when you help me smile again in a sad moment. . Now I just want to say: Thank you, Mom and Dad!".
In her diary the day before her first Communion, Teresa wrote: “Tomorrow the Holy Spirit will come into me, and I will receive the Lord into my heart. I can't wait until tomorrow to play with my friends but above all to receive the Lord, the Body and Blood of Christ."
After the initial progress, Teresa's illness recurred with severe pain and prolonged fevers. At the end of March 2014, after a careful examination, the doctors had to inform the family of concerns about Teresa's condition. Her illness was in its terminal stages and one last attempt was made in Padova, but on June 4, 2015, during a visit to Padova, she was diagnosed with a cancer that had spread to the brain. partially paralyzed me. No more hope. But Teresa still lived 53 days.
During a meeting with a priest, among the first questions he asked her: “What do you think about the illness you are going through?”. She replied, “I don't think it's a disease, I think it's a gift. Because it really made me discover many things that I didn't know. I did not know God's love. I don't know Your strength, what You can do. You gave me this disease because You wanted me to bear witness to Your grace. God give me strength, God give me strength! God gave me these gifts to show everyone that there is a real God.” Thérèse spoke these words while paralysed and with chronic pain tormenting her.
At 4:00 p.m. on July 29, 2015, at the end of the song Our Lady of Heaven, Completely Like Christ, Thérèse set out for heaven, ending a short but intense life of love. , trust and faith.
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