Cardinal Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández said he is “well physically”, but he awaits a long rehabilitation. There are no certainties when you can return to the Vatican.
The cardinal Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernándezone of the people closest to Pope Francis, revealed that the Holy Father It has a “long rehabilitation” where you will have to “learn to speak again.” Since February 14 he is admitted to the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.
“I was in contact and I am happy because I knew that his organism reacted in one way or another and In the end I was right because it is truly very well physically “, Fernández celebrated in talk to journalists. The Pope spent critical moments during his hospitalization and many feared a sad outcome.
“Now, you need a rehabilitation because a long time with oxygenation of high flows dries everything and you almost have to learn to speak again.”revealed Fernández About the Pope’s future. This means that you must remain in the Gemelli for one more time, while the treatment lasts.
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Beyond the improvements, the situation of Francisco Follow delicate. “It has little strength in your voice and needs a therapya time to recover the power of the voice, also of the muscles, because (spent) too long without moving … this is the stage that comes now, ”he explained Fernández.
It is likely that the Holy Father cannot return to the Vatican for the celebration of Easter, scheduled for a month. “He would like to return, but doctors want to be one hundred percent insurance and prefer to wait a bit. Because he has his way of living, he wants to deliver everything and the little time he has left to use it ‘not to heal myself’. And then what happens? Return here (to the Vatican) and not It is easy for him to follow the advice”, He explained.
The improvements of Pope Francis: I no longer need mechanical help to breathe
Pope Francis’s health continued to improve and did not need to use non -invasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night, Vatican said Wednesday.
“Doctors are gradually decreasing the use of mechanical ventilation at night and high flow oxygenation during the dayproceeding to the ordinary oxygen administration through nasal cannulas, in fact, it is a gradual reduction and not a definitive interruption, “adds the statement.
This way, The favorable evolution of Jorge Bergoglio’s clinical conditions is maintainedwho is hospitalized since February 14 at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in the Italian capital as a result of bronchitis, bilateral pneumonia and other respiratory inconveniences.
Source: Ambito
