Jesús Oliveras, brother of Alejandra "Locomotora" Oliveras, broke his silence and recounted with rawness and emotion how his family experienced the ischemic stroke suffered by the former boxer a few days ago. In a conversation with Secretos Verdaderos (América TV), he reconstructed the dramatic episode that shocked the Argentine sports world.
Jesús Oliveras detalló los momentos previos al ACV
"My sister traveled to Santa Fe with her son Alexis. That day they were talking, watching a movie, everything was fine. She said: "Wake me up at 9 because I have to go swear in for the constituent thing." The next day, when he went to wake her up, she was lying in bed, confused. He called the ambulance, which replied quickly: it arrived in 10 minutes. She couldn't move half of her body," Jesús recounted, describing the moment his nephew found her.
Since then, Oliveras has remained in intensive care at José María Cullen Hospital in Santa Fe. She underwent emergency surgery on Wednesday, July 16, due to brain swelling, and according to the latest medical report, her condition remains stable, with no new setbacks in her progress.
La Locomotora está internada en el José María Cullen de Santa Fe
"The doctor called me aside and told me we had to wait 72 hours, a window period. They told me everything was going to be fine. Forty hours passed and they had to operate on her urgently, because of the swelling and edema she had. Now we have to wait. She is stable, she is not worse," Jesús explained, emphasizing that the recovery process will be slow.
He also revealed that the world champion was placed in a medically induced coma and underwent a decompressive craniectomy, a surgery aimed at relieving intracranial pressure: "After such a major operation, she must be placed in a coma for a few days. They removed a part of her skull to relieve pressure. The doctor told me: day by day, hour by hour."
Jesús also confessed with regret that they were unaware of a key condition in the former boxer's health: "We didn't know she was hypertensive. I worked with her for many years, we were surrounded by doctors, but we didn't know."
The family remains united and hopeful, trusting in the strength of someone who was a champion in the ring and is now fighting one of the toughest battles of her life: "She is on mechanical support... My sister is very strong."
