2023-06-15 14:55:26
After having undergone a operation for an abdominal herniahe Pope Francisco visited the oncology and neurosurgery department of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he has been hospitalized for a week and from which he hopes to be discharged alta on Friday morning.
“Medical staff report that Pope Francis has had a good night’s rest. The postoperative period continues regularly. Hematochemical tests are normal.“, confirmed the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, who affirmed that the Holy Father “it will leave the Gemelli Polyclinic this Friday morning”.
In the first images shared from the Vatican after the surgical intervention, the Supreme Pontiff can be seen in a wheelchair in the corridors of the sector of pediatric oncology. The children interned there sent him drawings and messages during the last days. That’s why Francisco He came over to thank them.
This gesture is prior to the release of the Pope from the medical center, a fact that had already been anticipated last Wednesday through the medical report, which maintained that “The clinical course is uneventful, so discharge is scheduled for the next few days”.
In addition to visiting the little ones and thanking them for their gestures, the holy Father He dined last Wednesday with those who assisted him, as well as received the medical team of surgeons and personnel who were in charge of his operation.
Pope Francis continues to improve: “He is fine, without fever and is already on a semi-liquid diet”
It should be remembered that on June 7, Francisco underwent a three-hour operation under general anesthesia to remove the painful “adhesions” from his abdominal wall, a consequence of the colon operation he underwent in July 2021.
This procedure is called laparotomy and consists of an incision in the scar to continue with the placement of a biocompatible mesh that seeks to replace the muscular wall of the abdomen.
In this sense, Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon in charge of the procedure, indicated these days that the Pope’s postoperative period was developing correctly. And, although the medical team suggested maintaining the hospitalization until the full recoverythe Holy Father chose to remain there only until this Friday and then continue his recovery in the Vatican.
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