Rossana Magnotta's Fight Against Lyme Disease and Hope

“I’ll go when I go. But not yet. I’m not done.”The Untold JourneyThere are moments in life that redefine everything, that split existence into a clear "before" and "after." For Rossana Di Zio Magnotta, that moment came when her husband, Gabe Magnotta, the man she built a wine empire with, began showing signs of a mysterious illness that would eventually rob him of his ability enjoy his life to the fullest - especially his passion and love for the outdoors."He went from a six-foot-two, 240-pound man to someone who could hardly walk," Rossana tells me, her voice steady but weighted with memory. "He couldn't talk. He couldn't write. He couldn't even eat. Everything was being attacked by that organism."The organism was Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, though they wouldn't get that diagnosis until much later. By then, it was too late.THE SILENT EPIDEMICWe're sitting in her office at Magnotta Winery, surrounded by photographs and awards that trace the remarkable journey of a woman who transformed a small wine business into one of Canada's largest private winemakers. But today, we're not here to discuss vintages or business acumen. We're here to talk about what happens when life shatters,...