Among the last words known to Pope Francis before he died on Monday at age 88 is the thanks to his Personal Health Assistant, Massimiliano Strappetti, for encouraging him to make his last trip in the Papamobo On Sunday, after the Urbi et Orbi blessing, touring the Plaza de San Pedro among the faithful.
“Thank you for bringing me back to the square”, Francisco told his assistant, the Vatican media explain.
After his last public appearance, The Pope rested in the afternoon, had a quiet dinner, And then at dawn came the feeling of being bad, the stroke, comma and death, explains the journalist of Vatican News Salvatore Cernuzio.
“Around 5.30 in the morning the first symptoms appeared, with the prompt intervention of those who took care of him. More than an hour later, after greeting Strappetti, who was lying on the bed of his apartment on the second floor of Casa Santa Marta, The Pope fell into a coma. Did not suffer, everything happened quickly, Someone says by his side in those last moments, “reveals News.
Strappetti, the nurse who, as Francisco revealed, saved his life by suggesting a colon surgery in 2021, has been by his side during the 38 days of hospitalization in the Gemelli Polyclinic and the twenty -four hours of the day during his convalescence at Casa Santa Marta.
After appearing on the balcony of the central lodge of the Vatican Basilica for the Blessing ‘Urbi et Obi’ before the 50,000 people That they had gathered in the square, the Pope wanted to give a last and significant surprise with a tour in the Papamóvil.
“” Do you think I can do it? ” He asked Strappetti, who reassured him, ” reveals the Vatican half, which adds that, “Tired but happy, the Pope thanked his personal health assistant: ‘Thank you for bringing me back to the square.”
