{"id":25817,"date":"2025-07-27T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25817\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:00:11","slug":"polonara-my-daughter-told-my-wife-you-lied-if-daddy-has-no-hair-then-something-serious-is-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25817\/","title":{"rendered":"Polonara: “My daughter told my wife, \u2018You lied. If daddy has no hair, then something serious is going on\u2019”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eurohoops team\/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Italian basketball player Achille Polonara has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and is currently undergoing treatment in Valencia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After completing an initial round of chemotherapy, the 32-year-old forward has returned home to rest and continue his recovery surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n

In an emotional interview with Corriere della Sera<\/a>, Polonara shared how his world changed the moment he received the diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom complete darkness to every kind of terror \u2014 even the fear of dying. At Sant\u2019Orsola Hospital in Bologna, they even struggled to tell me. The hematologist came in and said: \u2018There\u2019s no good news.\u2019 Then he paused, almost awkwardly. It wasn\u2019t that he didn\u2019t know what to say \u2014 he just wanted to be careful and choose the right words. I\u2019ll be honest, hearing the word \u2018leukemia\u2019 is scary, but you realize how tough it really is when the treatment begins,\u201d Polonara said.<\/p>\n

He also opened up about the emotional difficulty of explaining the situation to his children \u2014 especially his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn\u2019t know I was in the hospital. My daughter is almost five. One day during a video call, she noticed I had lost my hair. Later, she told my wife, \u2018You lied to me. If daddy has no hair, then something serious is going on.\u2019 Girls really do understand more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polonara is now focused on continuing treatment, regaining strength, and spending time with his family as he faces the most difficult chapter of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed with unbelievable affection. It really helps me face the treatment. The Virtus Bologna guys were amazing when they brought the championship trophy to the hospital. I was really moved by Belinelli\u2019s kindness. Then there\u2019s the national team \u2014 head coach Pozzecco messages me every day; I see him almost like a big brother. Spissu is my best buddy. For all the fans, we\u2019re like Gaspare and Orazio. I told them: you\u2019ve got a European Championship coming up, give me a gift \u2014 because I\u2019ll be your biggest fan,\u201d Polonara concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Eurohoops team\/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net Italian basketball player Achille Polonara has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and is currently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-25817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}