After an intestinal hernia operation, Francisco ate breakfast, sat down, and went back to work. On Sunday he will recite the Angelus from the hospital.
In progressive improvement the health of the Pope Franciscowho this morning after breakfast read the papers, sat down and resumed his work in the papal apartment on the tenth floor of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome. After 48 hours of the surgical intervention, the postoperative course of the Holy Father develops “regularly” announced the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruniexplaining that he “rested overnight”.
In the last medical part of this noon -Italian time- it was specified that “the clinical picture is progressively improving and on a regular basis. After breakfast, his Holiness began to move about, spending most of the morning in an armchair. This allowed him to read the newspapers and gradually return to work,” the official document sent to journalists said.
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The medical personnel who follow the course of the Pope’s recovery reported that he no longer eats liquids and that today he had breakfast and began a soft diet. Regarding the latest tests performed, the hemodynamic and respiratory parameters are stable.
Phone call
Among the many messages of closeness and speedy recovery that Bergoglio is receiving from all over the world, he was particularly struck by the affection of the family of little Michelangelo, the baby of a Peruvian family baptized by Pope Francis on March 31, when he was hospitalized for acute bronchitis and visited the pediatric oncology and pediatric neurosurgery department of the hospital.
The same family sent him a poster with greetings and a speedy recovery made with his own hands. The cardboard deeply moved Francisco that he wanted thank you personally to the mother with a short phone call.
The operation
The 86-year-old Pope has been hospitalized since Wednesday morning at the Gemelli hospital, after undergoing a laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with a prosthesis due to an incisional hernia.
The operation lasted three hours under general anesthesia and the postoperative period is going smoothly.
Sunday the Angelus from the Gemelli
If something characterizes Bergoglio as a Pontiff, it is his hyperactivity and that it is reluctant to rest. In this context of notable improvement and good humor, it is expected that on Sunday at 12:00 noon, Francisco will recite the Angelus from the balcony of the Gemelli Polyclinic where he is recovering.
Source: Ambito
