“We had to choose between allowing or trying with everything.”

Doctorate at the Jimili Hospital, which he dealt with Pope Francisco During his hospitalization, Sergio Alviri explains that there is a moment “he had to decide between them Stop and let it go or try all possible medicines and treatmentsIn a very high risk management, ”in an interview published on Tuesday in the newspaper Correier Dela Serra.

Alfieri, who was already running Francisco, 88, says in this interview that at that time it is at that time “Francisco knew that he could die” And “those who were around them have tears in their eyes” and said: “This is bad.”

The worst moment during the 38 days when the Argentine ink passed in the hospital through the breathing infection that led to a Bilateral pneumonia It was on February 28, when he had a ring of broncospace workshops.

For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of some people around him. People who, as you were able to understand during this hospitalization period, want to sincerely, like the father. “We all knew that the situation has increased more than that and that there is a danger that we cannot do,” says alfieri.

He explains: “We had to choose between stopping and allowing them to leave or try them and try all possible medicines and treatments, and to operate the high risks to destroy other organs. In the end we take this path. “

The decision is made, a doctorate at Gemili reveals “Massimiliano Strappetti, his personal doctor, who Know completely the desires of the Pope. Who said: “Try everything, do not give up. This is what we all thought about. No one surrendered.”

Francisco was “completely aware”

He indicates that the Pope realized that he could die “because even When his condition worsened, he was fully aware. “

“On that night it was terrible, he knew, like us, that he might not survive that night. We saw the man who was suffering from him. But from the first day He asked us to tell him the truth About his circumstances, “he adds.

For several days We ran the danger of damaging the kidneys and bone marrow But we continue, then the agency responded to treatments and improved lung infection. “

Then came the second episode that the Pope was about to die: “We were leaving the most difficult moment, While eating the Pope, she resides and looked. This was really decisive moment Because in these cases, if it is not immediately rescued, there is a risk of sudden death in addition to complications in the lungs that were already the most risk. It was terrible, we really thought we wouldn’t achieve it. “

Alfieri recalls that there is a certain moment: “When, in the most difficult time, Take my hand for a few minutes, such as searching for a consolo. “

A beautiful gesture from the Pope

He also highlights the good humor of the Pope throughout his stay in the hospital and says: “Once he started feeling better Request to wander in the room. We asked him if he wanted us to close the patient’s rooms, but instead they looked at the search for the appearance of other patients. He moved on a wheelchair, one day left the room five times, and perhaps more. “

And he explained that one in the afternoon “He gave money to one of the collaborators and offered the pizza to those who helped him on that day.”

Upon returning to the Vatican, to his residence in Santa Marta, Al -Frairi comments that one morning he told him: “I am still alive, when are we at home?”

On the rumors that died, he explains that the Pope “was always aware of what happened and his reaction was always with the usual paradox.”

Regarding the new recovery stage, it emphasizes this.There are medical prescriptions that must be observed, How to avoid connecting to groups of people or children who can be a way for new infection. When we left and promised not to waste the effort we made. “

“But the Pope is not from We can dictate behavior. a duck.