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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 02:41 PM
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Report: Pope May Undergo Kidney Dialysis
Pope John Paul II could undergo kidney dialysis to cleanse his body of drugs he is taking for Parkinson's disease, an Italian news agency said Friday.
A Vatican official said the AGI news agency report "seemed correct," but would offer no further details. Later, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls denied to the ANSA news agency that the pope was currently undergoing dialysis.

The AGI news report said doctors were considering dialysis not because the pope's health has worsened, but to prevent his kidneys from being overloaded by medicine. The agency said John Paul's health has actually improved since he skipped a weekly general audience Sept. 24 due to an intestinal problem.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031010_1245.html

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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 03:02 PM
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1. No Dialysis for John Paul...
Since he's all dead set against women having access to birth control or men using condoms to prevent the spread of HIV, I say John Paul should stew in his own hypocrisy and according to his own philosophy let nature take its course without any medical intervention. After all, using his logic if God wanted John Paul to have dialysis He wouldn't have given him kidneys.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 03:15 PM
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2. You would think
Edited on Fri Oct-10-03 03:15 PM by DoYouEverWonder
That someone in his condition, who believes he's got a direct link to god, would be ready to go on and meet his maker?

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