Pope may need feeding tube, reports say

[Walt Starr]

Pope may need feeding tube, reports say
Associated Press
March 29, 2005

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II may have to return to the hospital to have a feeding tube inserted, an Italian news agency reported today. It stressed that no decision had been made.

The APcom news agency, citing an unidentified source, said the 84-year-old pope might have to have the tube inserted to improve his nutrition since he is having difficulty swallowing with the breathing tube that was inserted Feb. 24.

APcom said the idea of inserting a feeding tube was a hypothesis that was being considered. The procedure involves inserting a tube into the stomach to allow for artificial feeding.

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[sui generis]

1. breathing tube, feeding tube, peeing tube, pooping tube

a little tube'll do ya

[Just Me]

2. Why am I laughing?

Why the hell am I laughing?

Geez. Must be PTRD (post traumatic religious disorder).

[Walt Starr]

3. Falwell, Pope

If a book was written with this much irony, nobody would buy it!

[Just Me]

4. Aw, crap! Now, I'm having a pang of guilt!!!

YIKES!!!

[andyhappy]

17. you are forgiven my son

[BurtWorm]

12. Really!

Who writes this crap, anyway? I want a better cosmic show than this!

:popcorn:

[bowens43]

14. Jesus is pissed.

[elehhhhna]

23. Raptures' coming. For some, anyway!

[Donailin]

29. Perhaps Johnny Cochran will plead their case before St. Peter?

nt

[Spazito]

7. ROFL!

Thank you!

[Donailin]

28. God has a sense of Humor

there can be no other explanation. Now imagine this, the pope, who will not retire, nor will the college of bishops let him retire, will end up being our Pope so long as he lives on feeding tube. Not even a wave from the window.

[KansDem]

5. Careful now, we could be moving from "withheld" to "withdraw" status...

...should it be determined that the Pope's condition is beyond hope and life-support systems be disconnected!

Tom DeLay's reasoning:
"Withheld" = :)
"Withdraw" = :(

[Beetwasher]

6. I Am Now No Longer An Atheist

Someone, somewhere is scripting this shit, they gotta be...And they're really a very bad writer, because this shit is just not believeable, it's just too fucking contrived...

[Walt Starr]

9. Here's real irony for you

What happens to the Catholic Church should the Pope slip into a PVS and be unable to fulfill his duties as a Pope, but yet also be unable to step down as the Pope?

[Beetwasher]

10. Weekend At Bernies?

n/t

[Spazito]

11. My thoughts exactly

I finally believe there is a higher power with the most delicious sense of irony.

[w13rd0]

16. ((WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS IN VERY BAD TASTE))

Perhaps we can look forward to future pronouncements from the Vatican like:

"GAAAAAHHH HAAAAAAA GAAAAAHHH" - Today, the Pope proclaimed, according to his attending cardinals, that God does indeed hate gays. Or God has gas. Or something like that.

[Name removed]

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[cthrumatrix]

18. I'm with you.....this is a "bigtime show" .... which concerns me if you

think about the implications..

[Mojambo]

8. Wahoo. Let the circus begin anew! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Can we send the idiot protesters in Florida

to the Vatican?

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Some of them Baptist

don't like the "Cathy-Licks".

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. All the more reason

to imbed them in the Vatican. hee hee

[bush_whacked]

19. We are non-practicing Catholics

We moved away from the Catholic church when it defended/moved the molesters. We still believe in our faith, at home, privately. We also are not rigid Catholic followers.

In our faith (both cradle Catholics) we were taught that NO heroic measures should be taken. When it was our time and God called us home, we were to answer and take leave of this Earth.

Neither of us (DH and I) believe Pope John Paul is what is best for our faith. We hope that someone with "younger" views will replace him. When a Pope is no longer able to fulfill his duties (as is evidently clear right now), he should be removed/replaced.

We also believe the trachea tube is a heroic measure (the Faithful say no) and that a feeding tube is the ULTIMATE no-no.

Just my Catholic .02

[frictionlessO]

21. Feeding tubes are like the new iPods or some such thing.

Im getting mine in metallic purple with hippie tye dye highlights.

[XemaSab]

24. I'm getting a feeding tube shuffle

in powder blue.

[megatherium]

25. Would this mean the Pope would be confined to the hospital

indefinitely?

[Walt Starr]

26. I dunno

but my hope is that he does not end up in a PVS. I would hate to see what would happen to the College of Cardinals should such a thing happen.

[Walt Starr]

27. I dunno

but my hope is that he does not end up in a PVS. I would hate to see what would happen to the College of Cardinals should such a thing happen.