Sarah Engels
Poignant visit to the clinic where Alessio was in mortal danger
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Emotional moment for Sarah Engels: The singer was visiting the hospital where her son Alessio was being treated for his heart defect.
Sarah Engels, 29, has found happiness in life with her second husband Julian Engels, 28, and their six-year-old son. Especially in the social networks, the singer can clearly see how much she is looking forward to the upcoming family life with the two of them and their still unborn second child.
Sarah Engels worries about her unborn child
But there are also troubling moments during Sarah’s pregnancy. Nightmares and the initial worry about the baby scared her. The child is doing well in her belly, but understandably Sarah still has to think about back then – when her son Alessio, who was married to Pietro Lombardi, 29, was born in 2015 with a heart defect and was in mortal danger. Only an operation could save him back then. Since then, Sarah has been sensitized and not only thinks about her own baby, but also about other children and parents who have to go through something similar to what she did back then.
Emotional visit to pediatric cardiology
And so, without much thought, Sarah accepted the task of becoming a project sponsor for “RTL – We Help Children” and the RTL donation marathon (November 18 and 19, 2021). One of the first items on the program was a visit to the Clinic and Polyclinic for Pediatric Cardiology at the University Clinic in Cologne – the clinic where Alessio was treated and operated on at the time: “It is always a special experience for me to be here because this is where Alessios became Lives saved, he was operated on here, “Sarah told RTL.
In the clinic, the 29-year-old also met a mother whose daughter was also born with a heart defect: “I know exactly how it feels, how desperate you are in this situation. Now to meet a mother who is experiencing something similar , touches me very much. I know how a mom feels in this terrible situation. You cannot help your child, you can only wait and trust that the doctors will help. Above all else is the hope that your child will be healthy one day To be able to take home. “
Sarah decided to become a mother again anyway
Despite the bad times, there was no question for Sarah that she would like to get pregnant again: “Of course you worry about every further pregnancy. But being a mom is the best thing in the world and that’s why I decided to get pregnant again It was a very conscious decision. I had and still have many fears and worries during pregnancy and I am constantly worried. I just don’t want to experience a situation like that again. Nobody who hasn’t been through that knows what it means to fear the life of one’s own child. There is nothing worse for parents. “
Source used: wirhelfenkinder.rtl.de