When he returned home he stopped taking the sleeping tablets, as he no longer experienced much pain and so could sleep normally. His good appetite, which he gained after being put in the bath in Lourdes, continued. With his appetite back and being free of pain, his overall condition started to improve. About a month after returning from Lourdes he had a sense that his leg was once again attached.

Not merely that but he could now move it and it could carry his weight. As a result he was able to leave aside the crutches he had been using. By November 8th 1963, hospital records record a "considerable gain of weight". On February 18th 1964, the plaster cast was removed and Vittorio could walk easily and freely without it. X-Rays taken on 19th February 1964 record, "remarkable reconstruction of the bony tissues of the pelvis which had been completely destroyed, a new cavity has formed at the femoral head situated 4 cm. above the former one." Effectively he had received a new hip joint, and indeed an entire new wing to his pelvic bone structure. Further examinations in 1968 and 1969 confirmed his condition. Vittorio had gone to Lourdes in May 1963 with his hip rotted away, with a large malignant tumour spreading through his body, with his left leg literally falling off, and facing the certainty of an early death.
Following immersion in the baths, his appetite had been immediately restored and the pain removed. Within a month he had mysteriously developed a new hip joint to replace the one that had rotted away, the bone and muscle structure in his pelvis were restored, and the osteoporosis disappeared from his leg and knee. Soon he was able to lead a full and total life. He took up work in a textile factory. Here he had to stand for 8 to 10 hours daily, and was able to do so without difficulty. He was able to drive a car, and even took up mountaineering and started to play ball with the local youth.
Often when a miracle takes place, people will question whether it really happened. With Vittorio however, even the sceptics have to face the truth:-somehow not merely was Vittorio's life restored but he has a new hip, and to prove that it is a totally new hip joint, it is in a different position to his old one. That is something that cannot be explained away.
' Let those who claim that there is a natural explanation to the miracles worked by Jesus give us the natural explanation for Vittorio's new hip!