The former president was admitted to Casmu for dehydration and Raquel Pannone said that it would be optimal for him to remain there “for four or five days.”
The former president Jose Mujica is hospitalized in Casmu for the third time in ten days and her doctor Raquel Pannone He said that he is suffering from dehydration, so it would be ideal for him to remain hospitalized for four to five days.
“The reason for the transfer is that he was receiving little oral fluid and was not receiving enough food. He was tested, rehydrated intravenously and is better,” Pannone said at a press conference, within the framework of the fight against the disease. cancer of the former president.
“He will stay here as long as possible to stabilize him and hydrate him better. We are going to do everything possible and it will not be an easy task, the ideal would be four or five days,” said the health professional at a press conference and indicated that “this is because if we succeed, he will spend a few days in the hospital and it does not mean that he is more serious or his condition is worse.” forecast be bad”.
In this regard, he admitted: “I have the support of Lucia (Topolansky) and his immediate surroundings, and he understands this too, but he feels better and wants to go home. But we are going to try to keep him here, hydrated and monitored by us.”
“If we manage to make that happen and his general condition improves, he will return home to continue rehabilitating and gain a little more strength,” he said.
Mujica’s fight against cancer
Regarding the evolution of the esophageal cancer, Pannone cleared up the misunderstanding after Mujica underwent cancer treatment. “There is no clinical evidence that the tumor exists,” he stressed, but clarified that “it is in a remission stage due to the treatment.”
However, he clarified that “permanent cure” “It cannot be said yet” and added: “This depends on the evolution and a time that has not yet passed.”
Regarding the former president’s health, he recalled that “he has previous pathologies such as “kidney failure” Now that is added “a fibrosis “which was generated in the esophagus as a result of radiotherapy, which is making feeding difficult.”
“This gets worse with the low intake of liquids and that makes him feel worse, weaker and with less willpower. It is a cycle that is very difficult to break. He drinks water, loses his willpower and his underlying pathology plays a more prominent role,” he explained.
Source: Ambito
