One Paraguayan family has experienced both ends of the spectrum, and their story began with a lady named Doña Ignacia, who, incidentally, turned 90 last year, in 2021.

In her younger years, she had a son, Pablo Acuña, only to realize not long after his birth that he wasn’t developing as he should.

“I quickly realized that my son, at an early age, wasn’t growing much,” she explained.

Eventually, she and her husband took him to the hospital to find out what was wrong with him, and if there was anything that could be done to help him.

“He was in the hospital for two or three months, then he [the father] brought him back just like when they left,” Ignacia explained.

Sadly, it transpired that Pablo had been born with a condition that meant his limbs would not grow, effectively leaving him without arms and legs.

Naturally, his mom stuck by his side and nursed him as she would any other child. As he grew, Pablo required the help of a wheelchair, but still his mother reminded him everyday that he was special, and just as deserving of life as anyone else.

Perhaps it was this compassion that gave Pablo the attitude he needed to make a huge difference when he himself became a parent. As per reports, he had two daughters of his own, only for the mother to walk out and abandon them while they were young.

Despite the obvious difficulties and challenges Pablo faces in his life, he was able to raise the two girls with love and care. Today, they’re in their twenties, and one of them, Elida, has spoken lovingly of her father.