Sergio Alfieri, head of the medical team of the Roman University Clinic “Agostino Gemelli”, announced that Francis could have stared at the 28th Feber at night. “That was the worst moment. For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of his employees,” he reports.
“We all knew that the situation had deteriorated and there was a risk that the pope would not make it. (…) Francis was always awake. This night was terrible, he knew exactly as we would not survive the night. But from the first day he asked us to tell him the truth about his condition,” explained the 58-year-old doctor.
“Try everything, don’t give up”
The doctors were asked by Francis to do everything to save his life: “Try everything, don’t give up.” That would have done all the medical staff.
“We risked damage to the kidneys and bone marrow for days, but we went on. Then the organism reacted to treatment and lung infection sounded,” the doctor said. Then there was another crisis.
“High degree of consciousness”
“It was terrible, we were convinced that we couldn’t do it. The pope was always clear.
“Pope has incredible means”
“Apart from a very strong heart, the Pope has incredible means. That kept him alive, along with the fact that the whole world prayed for him,” the doctor reported. The pope has the head “of a 50-year-old”.
Excursions with a wheelchair, pizza for supervisors
As soon as he did better, according to Alfieri, the pope wanted to look around the department to meet the other patients. He drove a wheelchair. In one day he left the room five times, maybe even more often. He gave one of the employees money and offered those who had taken care of pizza, “said the doctor.
Now the pope must avoid contact with groups not to risk infection. He would like to adhere to all medical requirements. But: “Francis is the pope, we cannot impose behavior,” the doctor concluded.
Source: Krone
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