“He was always aware of what was happening to you and that is exactly what helped him keep in life.” This proposal was commented by the head of the medical team, the difficult but winning race given by the Pope Francis with his health.
Professor Sergio Alfieri, head of the medical team who took care of and eventually healed Pope Francis at Agostino Zemeli Hospital in Rome, gave a revealing interview to the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
In his new statements, he could not not mention the fact that the Pope Francis seemed to want to live, which in the end led him to the coveted discharge.
“Pope Francis offered pizza to all the doctors and nurses who helped him,” he initially said, showing that Pontiff is grateful for the care he received during his hospitalization.
“We all knew that the situation had deteriorated, that it could not succeed. For several days there was a risk of kidney and marrow damage, but we did not interrupt the treatments. Subsequently, the Pope’s body responded to therapies and the infection of the lungs began to retreat, “the professor said.
As Alfieri added, during a crisis of the Pontiff respiratory system, “the people around him had tears in his eyes” but “he always had his knowledge happened and that was exactly what helped him to keep alive.”
Professor of the Catholic Polyclinic of Agostiino Gemeli, finally, referring to the power of Francis and the positive outcome of this difficult adventure of his health, stressed:
“His body is distressed, but his mind works as if he was 50 years old. He also proved it during the last week of hospital stay. As soon as he began to feel better, he asked to visit the floor on which his room was. Then came the pizza night: he gave money to a partner and offered pizza to all the staff who had helped him that day.
Improving the Pope’s situation was continuous and I realized that he had decided to return to the Vatican, the Hostel of St. Martha, when one morning he said to me, “I’m still alive. When will we go home?”