Pablo suffered from hyperplasia of the prostate gland, a condition that caused him excruciating pain. The drugstores had run out of the painkillers that could provide him some relief. He needed to have surgery, but the family could not afford to pay for the operation. That is why Angélica, Pablo’s wife, decided to catch a plane to the United States. She would work there and try to raise the money they needed.
I am a student of the sixth semester of communication and media at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Guayana Campus. I am 20 and I write a literary column for Correo del Caroní. #SemilleroDeNarradores [Seedbed of Storytellers].
