Juan Matute Guimon Starts Talking in Spanish & English With Parents at Madrid Hospital Bedside, FaceTimed With Sister in Wellington

Juan Matute Guimon began smiling and talking in English and Spanish with his parents at his Madrid hospital bedside and FaceTimed with his sister, Paula, in Wellington, Florida Sunday.

“It’s unbelievable the big jump Juan did today,” Juan Matute Azpitarte, Juan’s father, told dressage-news.com. He and and Juan’s mother, Maria, were in Madrid when Juan collapsed on May 5.

“He started talking and smiling. Maria asked a few things in English and asked him if he remembered English. Juan start smiling. ‘Of course,’ in a very low voice.”

Juan senior said they are waiting to move the 22-year-old Juan out of intensive care but the Jiménez Díaz Foundation hospital is undergoing major renovation because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Article written By KENNETH J. BRADDICK