Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hospital, flew back from Milan to join the surgical team halfway through the operation. At length Castiglioni emerged to brief reporters. He was still wearing his green gown; his eyes were red-rimmed with exhaustion. In a barely audible voice, he announced: "The prognosis is reserved [because of the danger of infection], but there is hope that the Pope will recover and stay with us." He turned aside detailed questions on the ground that they delved into "delicate matters...
Other doctors described the Pope as "a little depressed" and running a slight fever. On Friday he began moving his arms and legs in physical therapy exercises and felt more cheerful. But because of the danger of infection following any such grave abdominal wound, the next few days will be critical. The most John Paul's doctors would permit themselves to say was that "nothing has gone wrong...
...next day the Pope's pulse rose slightly, to 105 beats per minute, but his temperature remained near normal. He was in considerable pain, predictably, as the doctors explained. There is always a danger of complicating infections that sometimes develop after major abdominal injuries. To reduce that risk the doctors dosed him with antibiotics. Said Crucitti: "I do not hide that the situation is grave and the next few days will give us the answer, which we hope will be favorable." If there is no crisis, in several days the Pope will probably begin drinking liquids and eating semisolid...
...examination is repeated two or three times to make certain no injury escapes notice. Any bleeding vessels are quickly sewed and any holes in the intestine are clamped. The first objective is to halt the loss of blood to keep the patient from slipping into shock-the most immediate danger in abdominal wounds. The other is to prevent the seepage of infection-causing bacteria into the abdominal cavity...
...group was chaired by Time Inc. Editor-in-Chief Henry Grunwald .and included W. Michael Blumenthal, Treasury Secretary in the Carter Administration; Paul Nitze, a leader of the hard-line Committee on the Present Danger; and Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine. The report was drafted primarily by Helmut Sonnenfeldt, State Department counselor under Henry Kissinger...