Overview
- Polonara underwent a bone marrow transplant on September 25 using a roughly 90%-compatible donation from an American donor.
- On October 16 he suffered a cerebral embolism that deprived his brain of oxygen, leading physicians to induce a pharmacological coma for several days.
- He has started brief outings from Bologna’s Sant’Orsola-Malpighi hospital, remains in a wheelchair with reduced mobility in his right arm, and is expected to continue rehabilitation after discharge.
- Polonara and his wife spoke publicly after more than a month of privacy, explaining the sequence of complications and the initially dire prognosis.
- His treatment path included about two months of chemotherapy in Valencia before returning to Bologna, and he is currently under contract with Dinamo Sassari.