Cristiano Ronaldo’s mum says she almost died from stroke and reveals family’s ‘torture’ by her hospital bed

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S mother Dolores has revealed she thought she was going to die when she suffered a stroke this time last year. The 66-year-old was rushed to hospital on March 3, 2020, in her native island of Madeira after suffering an ischemic stroke. Dolores Aveiro was discharged from hospital almost three weeks later as she […]

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S mother Dolores has revealed she thought she was going to die when she suffered a stroke this time last year.

The 66-year-old was rushed to hospital on March 3, 2020, in her native island of Madeira after suffering an ischemic stroke.

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Dolores Aveiro posted this picture of Instagram as she commented on her stroke[/caption]

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother has spoken of her health scare a year after she suffered the stroke[/caption]

Dolores Aveiro was discharged from hospital almost three weeks later as she stated that she was ‘recovering well’ and she thanked the doctors and medical team that treated her.

And she has now taken to social media to speak in depth about her ordeal and the impact it had on her family.

Captioning a photo of her on Instagram in the hospital captured 12 days after her stroke, she said: “A year ago today I saw my life almost running between my fingers.

“And luckily I managed to hold on to a light, a light that pulled me up, a light that stubbornly insisted that it was just another obstacle to be overcome and another story of overcoming to tell.

“I never spoke openly about what actually happened, just because I recovered to almost 100 per cent people think that nothing happened or that the scare I gave my children and those who really love me was small.”

Before adding: “I stayed in a hospital bed, connected to dozens of wires and incubated. The hours after the stroke were torture.

“They didn’t know how I was going to wake up, they didn’t know how the damage would be, they were afraid of losing me, fear that I would be disabled, without recognising them, and with many limitations.”

She continued: “I woke up, a few hours later, not knowing what happened to me. I looked ahead and saw my children, around my bed. I was surrounded by machines, unable to move.

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Dolores has declared she thought she was going to die following the incident[/caption]

“I just remember seeing my grandson’s tears. Those living eyes looked at me with such love and then I screamed. I screamed, for the confusion that was going through my head. I screamed, I cried a lot.

“The emotion was strong, at that moment, there was no one in that place who had not been moved.

“At that moment, I thought it was almost over. I thought it was a farewell, a bitter farewell.

“I was confused and lost, but I realised that, after all, I had just survived something very strong and for my four children, I would have to be strong and go back to being who I was.”

Ronaldo treated his mum to a top-of-the-range black Mercedes for Mother’s Day last year as showed his appreciation towards her.

Having grown up poor, the Juventus forward lavishes her with gifts – with a £2million house in Madrid one of his treats.

The Manchester United icon has even broken up with girlfriends in the past if they didn’t get his mum’s seal of approval.