The Pope improves, but he has been advised against publicly celebrating the Angelus
Pope Francis is improving after his operation last Wednesday for an abdominal hernia, but he has been advised against making efforts and therefore publicly celebrating the Angelus prayer tomorrow, the doctor who operated on him at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, Sergio, said this Saturday. Alfieri. "In recent days all intravenous treatment has been suspended and he is fed a semi-liquid diet. He is apyretic (no fever) and hemodynamically stable. His blood tests and postoperative chest X-ray are good"Alfieri explained at a press conference at the Gemelli hospital.
However, given the need to allow the implanted mesh for abdominal muscle repair heal optimally, doctors have advised her to do not make efforts y do not appear in public to celebrate the angelus from the hospital, as he already did in his previous hospitalization in July 2021 after the colon operation, collects Efe. "On the advice of the medical staff and the personal health assistant, and as can be deduced from the normal postoperative recovery times in operations of this type, tomorrow the Pope will recite the Angelus prayer in private, uniting himself spiritually, with affection and gratitude, to the faithful who will want to accompany him, wherever they are," the Vatican said in a statement.
Regarding how many days Francisco will have to be hospitalized, Alfieri has communicated that at least for the next week. "It is a prudent decision to facilitate recovery, but everything is going well," she assured. "To ensure that he returns to Santa Marta (his residence) in the best conditions, we would like him to remain hospitalized for a week. Full recovery is three months for everyone. It is very important that he return to work physically strong. But we can suggest it to him, because he is the one who decides. We gave him a medical suggestion for Sunday, and he decided", he explained. Although the person in charge of surgery at the Gemelli hospital, he has assured that if the Pope is 86 years old, "He has a head like a 60-year-old man"When he decided to have surgery the day after the CT scan, he did it because he had planned that he would go on a trip in August, explained the doctor.
