The conservative former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro released a video on social media on Wednesday showing the recovery process following an emergency 12-hour operation on Sunday.
Bolsonaro was attending a political rally in the state of Rio Grande do Norte last week when he experienced severe abdominal pain and was urgently admitted to a hospital in Natal city. The doctors determined that he suffered from adhesion reflexes as a result of several surgeries he has relied on since surviving the assassination attempt in 2018.
The former president was urgently transferred to DF Star Hospital in the capital of Brasilia. Complex Sunday surgery to treat subintestinal obstruction. The surgery was successful, but Dr. Cláudio Birolini, chief of the surgical team, explained that the problem was not resolved, and new abdominal adhesions “form” and slow recovery. Bolsonaro remains in the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) from Sunday.
On Wednesday, Bolsonaro released a video of him bandages and walking around the hallways of DF Star Hospital, with the support of local staff, and walking nursing technician Casio Dinis Almeida as “the man behind my recovery in the hospital.”
In another social media post Wednesday, Bolsonaro announced that he continues to be hospitalized in ICUs, which are under postoperative surveillance. The former president thanked God for going clinically well without “a great pain, bleeding, or serious complications.”
“I have already started respiratory and exercise physiotherapy sessions and despite the restrictions outside my bed, I am walking,” read Bolsonaro’s message. “There is no prediction of discharge from the ICU yet. I continue to receive medical advice at this sensitive time to avoid accepting visitors, except for my family.”
“I am truly grateful for all your prayers, messages and affection. We will remain strong with faith and confidence in our recovery,” he continued.
In a post Thursday, Bolsonaro revealed that his clinical evolution was positive and that he would not feel any more pain. Bolsonaro added that clinical testing has shown improvements in his condition.
Bolsonaro also said the chances of complications decrease as post-surgery progress continues daily.
“I still have oral fasting with exclusive parenteral nutrition and am responsible for my treatment,” Bolsonaro said. “Today I will continue my exercise physiotherapy program (sitting from bed and walking) – An important stage for my recovery. ”
“We have not received visitors yet for medical advice. There are currently no predictions for discharge from the ICU. I would like to emphasize that all measures are meticulous, with constant view of my health and the health and peace of mind of those who are rooted for my family and for me,” he continued. “I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for their gratitude, prayers and respect during this delicate time.”
A failed 2018 assassination attempt repeatedly faced Bolsonaro with health complications This calls for further hospitalizations, new medical procedures and several subsequent surgeries. Bolsonaro’s medical team described Sunday’s emergency surgery as “the most complicated” since September 2018. This caused a major internal damage by a Brazilian man identified as Vispo de Oliveira when he stabbed Bolsonaro during a presidential rally. De Oliveira, who was identified as a member of the previously registered Socialism and Liberal Party (PSOL), Claim He said that he was “commanded by God” to kill Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro Stand defendant The Supreme Court of the nation, the Supreme Court (STF), conspired with dozens of others to poison radical left-wing President Lula da Silva, and “coup” and overridden the results of the 2022 presidential election, when Bolsonaro was narrowly lost. The STF does not set a trial date when pressing. If he commits all charges in a trial that is not yet scheduled, the 70-year-old Bolsonaro could be held in prison for up to 39 years.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
