It’s a moving message that is causing a lot of reaction at the moment on the Wanted Community Bordeaux Facebook group. Over 1,200 likes and 200 comments for the call for help from a mother in distress. Émilie, a resident of the Médoc, wants to collect as many drawings as possible. His daughter Charline, 7, is in a coma since November 3 and a terrible traffic accident. The mother is returning with her two daughters from the dune of Pilat when a car hits them at 90 km / h when they are almost at a standstill in traffic jams. Emilie and the eldest, Clara, 14, get by with minor injuries, but they have to extricate little Charline alone. She was finally taken care of by the firefighters with a vital prognosis.
As the little girl’s state of health stabilizes, her mother forges a conviction: it is necessary replace the trauma of the accident with dozens of children’s drawings. He then came up with the idea of writing this message on Facebook. “Charline had been in intensive care for twelve days”, she explains. “I started to write when we were given a glimpse of the hope that she could wake up. At that point, the nurses tell me that when the children wake up, they only see the screens, the white, they only hear the ‘beep beep’. They tell me that I can hang some drawings if I want to. “
About twenty drawings received every day
Émilie then called on Facebook to “set up a chain of drawings, I would like to flood her walls from floor to ceiling with fantastic things”. The hashtag #DesCouleursPourCharline begins to spread. “I said to myself that when she wakes up, I really wanted her to see color, to see positive things around her, to make her dream, to bring her back to life”, continues the mother of the one everyone in the hospital nicknames “the warrior”.
I want her to regain the innocence that has been stolen from her lately. – Émilie, mother of Charline
The enthusiasm and solidarity quickly took over on social networks, where Émilie left her postal address. Since the beginning of the week, drawings and letters arrive continuously at the home of the grandparents. “Since Monday, Charline has received around twenty drawings and letters in her name every day. Small letters which are often directly addressed to her”, enthuses the mother. “I just had a lady who sent me a painting of Sleeping Beauty. I thought the idea was great because my husband calls my daughter like that. In the drawing, Sleeping Beauty is awake. with three little fairies, and the shipper told us that the princess wakes up at some point anyway. “
Donations to the Bordeaux University Hospital
In these letters, the parents of Clara and Charline also find little words that are sent directly to them, to them parents. “These are messages of hope”, testifies Émilie. “There are people who have already had road accidents and who say ‘you have to believe it because I have already had this and I am here’. We also receive a lot of testimonies from people who have children. sick. It really feels good! “
“I’m not sure I can hang everything up”, however warns the mother of the family. “We will keep quite a few and I think we will donate it to the intensive care unit of the Bordeaux hospital. Nothing is lost. All these drawings will be used by Charline, but they will also be used to bring color. to children other than her. “ As for letters, the little girl will answer them when she is finally on her feet, says mom. If you too want to participate in the #DesCouleursPourCharline operation, you can send your designs and letters for the attention of Charline Courtial at this address: 45 allée d’Occident 33700 Mérignac.