impossible

From coma to life. Lillian Shaito, the mother and young woman, held on to life as she held on to her child who remained far away from her. She did not give up, she did not lose hope, and here she is today teaching us a new lesson with patience and strength.

We all shed tears with her, her story made many people cry, and today we laugh with her, drawing this real smile on our faces after we saw her condition, which has clearly and dramatically improved. Today, Lillian sits in a wheelchair, saying a few words and eating on her own.

3 years ago, that is, before the Beirut explosion, Lilian was a person pulsing with joy and life, but the treachery of the explosion broke her and robbed her of her movement and vitality. But as it is always said that “nothing is impossible,” and indeed this is what we see today in Lillian’s story.

A year after her travel to Turkey, Lilian began writing a new chapter of her life, pending chapters that continued to draw other endings for her, including her pending motherhood as well, but above all she wanted to regain her strength and movement before thinking about her second struggle.

Her sister Nawal confirmed in her interview with “An-Nahar” that “Lillian is showing great and clear improvement and has undergone several surgeries on her feet, and she still needs other surgeries. As a result, she began taking small steps with the help of the medical team and undergoing sensory-motor speech therapy. Thanks to her, she began to speak a little.” Words for her, her family, and her lovers are equal to the entire language.”

Her first words were “Mama,” a call for help that she made with her lips and heart to express her need for her mother. Her accompanying phrase was “I love you.” This is how Lillian wanted the beginning to be the same as her first beginning, the day she emerged from her mother’s womb into this life, and in her new birth, the beginning was with her mother as well, as nothing compares to a mother’s tenderness.

Lillian carries her disappointment, her inner brokenness, and her dreams wherever she goes. It is difficult for her to face her physical and psychological losses all at once, and her greatest loss continues to burn her heart with her pending motherhood, as she only got to see her son once in her eyes. She is still, as her sister Nawal confirms, “deprived of seeing him,” even in the video. She doesn’t ask for much, but the excuses remain packed and ready for every attempt.

However, Lillian fights to get her life back. Anyone who has been patient for 3 years will not give up today. Lillian has a good distance to go and another year in Turkey to continue her intensive treatment until she is able to walk on her own, according to what the doctor following up on her condition confirmed to her sister Nawal.

From Lebanon to Turkey, Lillian continues her health battle. She has come a long way and has a long road ahead of her that she will walk for the first time as if she were a little girl learning her steps again. She will discover the world from another perspective. She is the one who tasted pain, disappointment, and shock. She will be an open book of her life story with all its chapters, which she will one day tell everyone.