Within a few days, the world around Bella began to disappear.
First the faces became indistinct. Then they remained only silhouettes and colors. To the point where, according to his mother's account, to recognize who had before him had to approach a hand to his face.
The story was told on social media by Mayline Alves, Bella's mother.
Everything would start on March 18th.
Bella was in the hospital when she began to complain about an increasingly blurred view.
The next day, Mayline recounted, was able to distinguish only the contours of people and objects.
Then the situation will get worse.
On March 20 Bella was able to perceive only a few color spots. He could no longer recognize through the sight the people in front of her.
They had to tell her who they were.
Or it was Bella herself who approached their face and tried to recognize them through touch.
For a family, seeing a girl lose so quickly something that until a few days before seemed discounted meant living with fear and uncertainty.
And it is in those days that, in Mayline's account, faith plays a central role.
Beautiful prayed from the hospital bed.
With her they prayed to the family and many Christians who had known her history and had joined the family in the hope that she could come back to see.
Then what everyone was waiting for happened.
According to her mother, Bella recovered her sight.
For her and her family that moment had a profound spiritual meaning: they interpreted it as an answer to the prayers that had accompanied those difficult days.
Mayline's story remains the testimony of a mother and does not allow, alone, to determine what caused the loss of sight or what caused the recovery.
But for the family what happened had a very clear meaning.
While Bella was in the hospital, many people prayed for her.
And when, according to his mother's account, he came back to see, they saw at that moment the answer they had hoped to receive.
This remains the story of a girl who, within a few days, had gone from recognizing the world with her eyes to having to recognize a face with her hands.
And then, according to his mother, he returned to see him.
For those who were next to her, it was not only the return of sight.
It was the return of hope.