These were the last moments of John Paul II.
As the "Goniec" portal reminds us, next year we will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of John Paul II's death. The last weeks of the Polish Pope's life were filled with pain, suffering and illness. A paramedic who was with him told us about the end of the Holy Father's life. He talked about the illnesses Karol Wojtyła had to deal with.
John Paul II had health problems for years
John Paul II's health problems began after the assassination attempt on his life in 1981. The "Medonet" portal indicated that many of the illnesses that the Polish Pope struggled with were the result of the gunshot.
It is also no secret that for years John Paul II struggled with Parkinson's disease. It caused him to have problems with speech, and his hands would shake. He also had trouble breathing, which could not be ignored during his public appearances.
However, this was not the only illness that plagued the Pope in the last years of his life and leadership of the Church. Shortly before his death, Karol Wojtyła suffered from an acute inflammation of the urinary tract. Doctors also confirmed that he had kidney failure, which led to a blood infection and, consequently, to the development of sepsis.
This is what the last days of John Paul II looked like
John Paul II also suffered a cardiovascular collapse. Doctors do not hide the fact that urinary tract infections are a common condition and usually do not have such tragic consequences, but Karol Wojtyła's body was weakened by Parkinson's and was unable to defend itself.
After leaving the hospital, one of the rooms adjacent to the Pope's room was transformed into a duty room, where paramedics were on duty, monitoring the priest's condition.
"We had all the most necessary resuscitation equipment at hand. They also assigned me a small area with a bed to sleep in. Only a small, thin door separated me from the Holy Father. I could hear his breathing and every sigh. I could respond to every little need - revealed Massimiliano, one of the Pope's paramedics, in the book "It Happened in the Vatican".
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