article_snippet: Maureira said Maureira daughter was moved by a visit by a family from Argentina, whose children have been stricken by this illness.
article_snippet: Maureira said his daughter also was given hope by meeting someone who had survived beyond age 20 with the same disease.
article_snippet: Maribel Oviedo and his daughter father Ernesto traveled to Santiago to 'convey a message of hope,' according to La Voz.
article_snippet: Maribel Oviedo said that his daughter wanted to deliver a 'message of hope' to Maureira and prove that it is possible to live a 'normal life' after struggling with the same disease .
article_snippet: The Argentine offered to go to a doctor's appointment with her sister because her sister wants to encourage Maureira to live.
article_snippet: They also shared contact information for doctors in Brazil. '
article_snippet: her sister wants to travel to Brazil,' Maribel Oviedo posted on Facebook after meeting with the Chilean.
article_snippet: The Chilean health ministry began providing Maureira with psychological assistance as well as medical treatment after getting in touch with his daughter.