Luciano Perdomo feels reborn after the brutal accident that left him in a coma for a week: “I think it was my negligence, I must have been distracted by something”

“It’s like being reborn”. So, without mincing words, the footballer Luciano Perdomo, 27 years old, He described his life after being in a coma for a week following the brutal accident he suffered on January 22 when he collided with a lorry on his way to training. Chacarita Juniors.

Perdomo, who was honored by his club this Friday before the match against San Miguel, for the third round of the First National Tournament, had published a video on his social networks in recent days which showed the ordeal experienced together with his family: a destroyed car, images of the hospitalization and its progression until discharge after spending 17 days in hospital.

Before returning to San Martín, in an interview with ESPN, the captain of Funebrero reviewed what happened on the day of the accident and what the following days of recovery were like: “I remember little, the screenshot of the truck and nothing else I was going to train “I think it was my negligence, that I didn’t realize it. I must have been distracted by something. It was a few seconds. I don’t remember much after that,” he recalled.

“I got out of the truck alone and it caught fire. My nose was bleeding, I remember it. We left with the truck driver, who helped me. He was very attentive, he was always with me. I want to thank him. Also, because he was very good, he helped me,” he continued.

And he adds: “The Gendarmerie passed by at that moment and also, at that very moment, an ambulance was returning to the mountain. So they came to pick me up and took me. I think I fell at 7.50 and 8. I was already on the ground.” the hospital.”

And he added: “I was very scared, because I was bleeding a lot, but I was conscious. I also remember that Sofi, my wife, arrived and I told her, please help me. Because I felt very bad and I didn’t do it.” . “I didn’t know what was happening to me. Then they intubated me. And they put me to sleep. I slept for a week.”

The accident of the Chacarita captain occurred around 7.40am on Monday 22 January, while the 27-year-old footballer was on his way to the property of the Unión Tranviarios Automotor (UTA), in the Moreno match. The van he was traveling in got stuck under a truck and then caught fire.

Road authorities and medical personnel treated the player and referred him to the hospital in San Miguel del Monte, the area where the accident occurred.

Hours later, he was transferred to the La Trinidad Miter sanatorium, where they also discovered that the midfielder, who had suffered a serious head injury, also had multiple fractures of his facial bones. “I wasn’t wearing my seatbelt. Five minutes ago I had hit the road and was still getting settled. I turned on the radio, I think I could take my mind off that too. God was on my side and it won’t get any worse. It wasn’t my day , it’s reality.”

“It’s like being reborn. They’ve been pretty tough days for everyone,” he summed up. And she continued: “When I returned from the coma, I began to understand the situation, because I opened my eyes and everyone was amazed that I spoke, that I could say sentences in a row. I already wanted to receive from the bed,” she explained.

To close, after thanking for the affection received from the Chacarita fans and from the world of football in general, he described how his life has changed after the accident and did not hide his desire to return to play.

“At the moment I can ride a bicycle, walk, strengthen myself, but nothing else. Now I want to run. But I still can’t. This Wednesday I was in control, everything was fine and I got the stitches. I miss being with the ball, but not I can do it and I understand that it is necessary to wait for the fracture I had to recover,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s hard for me, but I understand it and it’s time to heal. The doctor doesn’t even allow me to ask about my return. Let’s go step by step, he tells me”, Perdomo was honest.

Now Puchi enjoys the routine moments of life like companions, sleeping at home and of course his daughters, wife and twins on the way. “Life is a real second. I saw it up close and today I enjoy everything, from the first officer to the house. You don’t live thinking that it’s the last time you enter the house. And coming back was cool. It happened close and now we have to value everything,” he said.

He also focused on selling balanced pet foods. “In the afternoon, three days a week, we make deliveries. I deliver with a friend who helps me out,” she said. Although, like anyone who is passionate about football, he only thinks about playing again. “I want “As time passes, let everything heal well so we can come back and never go out again,” he confessed.