Presenter Dony De Nuccio, 37, says he felt the worst pain of his life and had to undergo spinal surgery. He extracted an extrusion of the L5-S1 intervertebral disc that was putting pressure on the spinal nerves and preventing him from doing basic activities.
On video, he explained that the operation was supposed to take just 40 minutes, but it took more than three hours. “The hernia I have was with a lot of content out, compressing the nerves much more than I expected. We need to open and take out this piece that was giving surreal pain”, he explained.
“Arriving at the hospital, the two doses of morphine in the vein didn’t even tickle. And the flight plan was recalculated to open and extract that stubborn part of the disc that insisted on settling where it shouldn’t,” he said.
According to him, it took 30 days of taking medicine and the most potent injections against pain. “This time it was on the run. I was in another country, with a newborn child and an environment different from the usual control. An anticipated trip, an adjusted routine, rescheduled recordings”, he explained.
In February, the presenter shared on social media the birth of his first child with Larissa Laibida, at Mercy Hospital, in Miami, in the United States. He posted two photos of Leo Oliveira De Nuccio on Instagram.
In the photo’s caption, the presenter wrote: “Hi guys! I’m here”. Several celebrities congratulated the couple and commented that the baby is beautiful.
CNN presenter Márcio Gomes, who worked with De Nuccio at Globo, wrote: “How beautiful Léo is! Congratulations to the whole family.” Journalist Leilane Neubarth welcomed the baby and called him a doll. “The world is in need of your innocence.”
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