After eighteen days in the hospital it is telling that the most common term in regard to the Pope’s condition is that it is stable. His doctors can prevent death when a crisis arises, but anything more than that in the way of improvement does not seem to be occurring.
PopeWatch: Stable
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I have seen this with family members – round the clock medical attention allowed for them to be “OK” (at best) and any letting up would require them to be put back on round the clock attention. Hospice became the result
Is it only a matter of time for hospice for the Pope, or will this become a matter of pride and putting his full trust in Man as opposed to God?
I think that what we’re looking at is hospice already. At least they’re not likely to terminate life sustaining medical treatment. As someone fairly intimately familiar with hospice, this is often an excuse to cut off treatment that is keeping people alive and has to be resisted.
Any siblings visiting or have a passing interest in him?
My dad on life support was stable for eight years.