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Since the coronavirus pandemic devastated everything in Spain, there have been hundreds, thousands, the stories that there have been. Many, painful, tragic, terrible stories, but also many others of hope , of heroes , of gratitude ... And this is one of those, the story of a "thank you", rather, of many thanks.

María Martínez Morales is the daughter of a 53-year-old man who, without previous illnesses, the coronavirus attacked with virulence on March 24, just 10 days after the state of alarm was declared, at the worst times Spain was experiencing due to the epidemic .

What his family could live, what he could live himself will coincide with many stories, but Maria wants now is not so much to tell how her father lived it, but who helped him to overcome it, who was in the worst moments and who gave him the last hug before leaving the hospital 111 days after admission .

"On March 24 he was admitted to the Bellvitge hospital where he was informed of his diagnosis: bilateral coronavirus pneumonia . The following day he was already in the ICU and five days later he was intubated. He was sedated for 55 long days. After 111 days he left the hospital. hospital and entered a socio-sanitary Hestia and Durán to regain the mobility that the immobilization during the time he was admitted to the ICU lost, the first time I was able to go see him in the ICU just moved his fingers and went to the social health without being able to put on standing, "says María in an email sent to El MUNDO. And why does Maria send an email to the media to tell what happened to her father? Because Maria did not want to tell her father's story, Maria wants to thank.

"The hug shown in the photo is between my father and the nurse Marc who was healing and caring for him and to whom we want to thank with all my heart (also to the assistants Carme n and Kati , who gave him very good moments)," he continues in your mail.

A photo that hides more than a hug. As the heading of his email says: "He entered with a coat and left high with short sleeves . " "In the photo, Marc asked him to stand up to say goodbye to him (he still has difficulty) to melt into a heartfelt hug and they have arranged for him to come back to visit but this time, walking," he says.

"We would love (to his daughters, to his wife and to him) if they could share this story in their newspaper to thank all the toilets from whom we take a precious memory for their great performance with my father (from Nurse Lumi, the doctor Córdoba, from the physiotherapist Ricardo, etc.) ". Just say thank you.

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