A very special Your Voice: Get well, Angelo

Angelo Loli ... on the mend but not out of the woods

Angelo Loli of Milton is currently being treated at Maine Medical center for a very serious AVM condition. He has already spent 4 weeks in the special care unit and has a very long road ahead of him. With his family by his side and everyone sending happy thoughts and prayers our best friend and brother will be back laughing with us as soon. Angelo's condition is very serious and can be treated but takes extreme caution since Angelo had no symptoms of anything being wrong and nobody ever knew of his critical health condition.

He was born with this malformation and as he grew up the malformation also grew. The day he went to school he had a headache for only 10 minutes before he started losing his senses.

Angelo Loli with his family, who own the Pizza Nook in Milton. (Courtesy photo)

Before we all knew, he was rushed to Frisbie Memorial Hospital. When we arrived, the staff knew Angelo’s condition was too serious for the care they could provide him so he was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Within the hour, we found out that he had a seizure at school. Thankfully for the fast actions of the Milton EMTs and Frisbie Paramedics my brother received immediate attention.

Although a lot did go wrong a lot of things went right and thankfully we had good weather the day of the incident. Angelo got the care he needed by the amazing people at Maine Medical Center. He has been in a medically induced coma for several weeks now to reduce the swelling in his head and is finally waking up.

Unfortunately, he is not himself yet. My brother is a loving young man and has given so much of himself to help others. He is a tutor for younger children to help them with math and helps the Special Education students at Nute High School with athletics. Anyone that knows Angelo knows how truly amazing he is.

This is a very hard time for him and the family and we ask that you keep Angelo in your thoughts and prayers. With his family by his side and everyone sending happy thoughts and prayers our best friend and brother will be back laughing with us all very soon.

- Thank you,

The Loli family

Editor’s note: There is a Go Fund Me site that has been set up for the family at:  

http://www.gofundme.com/AngelsforAngelo