@John Fritz Logan -I read yesterday at the daily press briefing in the morning from the Vatican that aside from being stable, Bergoglio was given some sort of physical respiratory therapy, but he has no fever. I thought that sounded odd, so I texted my uncle who is a Cardiologist in Los Angeles, Ca. what that means. He said it does NOT mean that he was just assisted to walk around a little. It means that Bergoglio is having some symptoms of respiratory trouble/congestion, and that he could have been put on a nebulizer or given oxygen. A nebulizer is a machine where the patient sits and breaths in medicine thru a tube which helps open up constricted air passages and reduces inflammation, it also helps break up congestion. My uncle said that there is a danger for Bergoglio to have pneumonia, because that is a VERY common setback for any patient, but especially very elderly patients n the hospital who are largely confined to the bed and can't move around. It is ne of the major infections people pick up in hospitals....that and sepsis ( which Bergoglio seems clear of) My uncle said Bergoglio can't get up and move around because the net/mesh (I forget the term my uncle used), to strenghten the abdominal wall after surger for the hernia might slip out of place, requiring Bergoglio to head back to surgery again.
As a last question, I asked him if he thought that Bergoglio would be back to normal in a few weeka and if he would live afew more years. His answer-- No. The mesh put in place has to be watched so it doesn't rupture/slip. His personal opinion is that Francis will look alot different when he finally does come out of the hospital, and that each setback like this takes alot out of very elderly people. He said to expect more complications/hospitalizations before the end of 2023. My uncle's estimate for Bergoglio-----18 months at best.
I told him that's too long, and he laughed. He liked that answer.
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