Pope Francis has shown « a truly surprising improvement » since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double pneumonia, the.
Pope Francis has shown « a truly surprising improvement » since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday. « I find him very lively », Dr. Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, per the AP. « I believe that he will return, if not to 100%, 90% of where he was before. » He warned, however, that if the pope gets back to things too fast, « they will have to put on the brakes. »
Francis appeared frail and weak on a hospital balcony on Sunday. His voice was waning as he praised a woman in the crowd, and he was able to only partially lift his arm to bless the people.
