King Juan Carlos's Health Issues


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They wouldn't do heart surgery if it wasn't something serious. Anything related to the heart is serious and can turn out ugly, so I hope for a full and speedy recovery after his surgery.

We all, at least the Spaniards, wish the king "emérito" to have a magnificent recovery after the operation, since age is a risk. In fact, any operation is a risk, but we will only know if it is something more serious or not, after they have operated it, because Zarzuela has said nothing.
Of course, we wish him all the luck in the world. He's only 81 years old and has a lot of life ahead :flowers:

Surely, your children and some of your grandchildren will visit you in the hospital. Felipe and Letizia must have already arrived from their vacation destination and will visit King Juan Carlos in the hospital.
I hope everything goes well and can recover soon. You are at a sensitive age, so all care is a little.

Don Juan Carlos has already entered the hospital

The King arrived shortly before ten at night at the Quirón de Pozuelo de Alarcón clinic.
https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190823148043/rey-juan-carlos-ingresa-hospital/
https://www.abc.es/espana/casa-real...ara-operado-corazon-201908232209_noticia.html

Specifically, the operation to which the former King of Spain will be submitted this Saturday, as explained by El Mundo newspaper medical sources, will be the placement of three bypasses. It is, therefore, an open heart operation and must remain a minimum of 10-11 days.

Actually, Zarzuela has said absolutely nothing about what the cardiac intervention consists of.
Maybe the World has "spies" in Zarzuela ... but that version is not official. Nothing is official until Zarzuela "does not speak"
 
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Actually, Zarzuela has said absolutely nothing about what the cardiac intervention consists of.
Maybe the World has "spies" in Zarzuela ... but that version is not official. Nothing is official until Zarzuela "does not speak"

They speak from medical sources. And several Spanish media give the same details of the operation. I don't think they would go through with this information without certainty.
 
King Juan Carlos has already been operated.

According to Zarzuela sources, this surgery has ended at around three in the afternoon. What are not yet known are the details of it but will have to wait since it is planned that in the next few minutes, the hospital's medical team will offer a press conference in which it explains both the specific data of the ailment and the steps that have been followed during the operation, which would have lasted approximately four hours.
https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190824147973/rey-juan-carlos-parte-medico/

The King Felipe VI is accompanied by the head of his House, Jaime Alfonsín. The Secretary General of the Casa del Rey, Domingo Martínez Palomo, and the diplomatic coordinator, Alfonso Sanz Portolés, are also in the health center from the beginning of the morning.

Lucía Alonso, managing director of the Quirónsalud group in Madrid, is expected to report on the status of the King emeritus, his prognosis and the details of the procedure, in which he would have been implanted “between three and four 'by-pass'.

New information on the operation of King Juan Carlos:
King Don Juan Carlos has been successfully operated from the heart and three aorto-coronary "by-passes" have been implanted, as reported by Dr. Lucía Alonso, managing director of the Quirón de Pozuelo de Alarcón University Hospital. The doctor added that the King Juan Carlos is in the Intensive Care Unit for post-surgical control, as is usual in this type of procedure. The operation was carried out by Dr. Alberto Forteza, head of the Cardiac Surgery Service of the Quirón Hospital, and his team. "The intervention has passed without incident," he added.
https://www.abc.es/espana/casa-real...-bypass-juan-carlos-201908241624_noticia.html

Video:
https://www.20minutos.es/videos/nac...razon-del-rey-juan-carlos-finaliza-con-exito/
 
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Glad to hear the surgery went well. Although danger isn't over yet. The first days after open heart surgery the king will be at the Intensive Care (next step 'semi-intensive care' units) as he will be slowly taken off (life-)support. It must have been grueling for the king and his mother to be at the hospital waiting for this first positive news that all went well. Let's hope for a good recovery for the king emeritus; as that takes (many) months - and most likely even more at his age.
 
Yes it is true the danger is not over yet. I know people who have done this operation, and usually the lives of people who do such operations will never be the same again, especially at this age. I wish the King has a good recovery and we can see him again soon.
 
https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-felip...836_video.html

The "emérito" king Juan Carlos has undergone surgery by practicing three coronary bypasses. It is in the Intensive Care Unit, but everything has gone very well. King Felipe VI has commented that his daughters and the queen Letizia will go when Juan Carlos can receive visitors, which will not be in many days. We assume that one day in the ICU will be enough.
 
Nice to see Princess Irene visiting her brother in law.
 
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I wish Juan Carlos a speedy recovery. Nice to see he's been receiving lots of visits from relatives.
 
Queen Sofia, Infanta Elena and their children today went to visit King Juan Carlos to the hospital.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190827148184/infanta-elena-visita-rey-juan-carlos/

King Juan Carlos has already left the intensive care unit. King can walk now and it is evolving favorably.
https://translate.google.pt/transla...27148171/rey-juan-carlos-cuarto-parte-medico/

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190827148171/rey-juan-carlos-cuarto-parte-medico/

King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia went to visit King Juan Carlos to the hospital.
https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190827148208/reyes-hijas-leonor-sofia-visitan-rey/

Video:
https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-reye...los-acompanados-hijas-201908271906_video.html

 
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Doña Irene Urdangarin has really gotten so grown up looking,nice to see her back in Madrid.
 
The Princess and the Infanta looks lovely day by day. I love Leonor's dress so much.
 
I was wondering when Leonor and Sofia would visit Juan Carlos - it's nice to see them, as always. They are beautiful young ladies.
 
Felipe, Letizia, Leonor and Sofia.


Cristina, Juan Valentín, Miguel & Irene.

 
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I don't remember Prime Ministers previously visiting him in hospital post abdication?
 
Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor visit King Juan Carlos
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencia...izia-princesa-leonor-rey-juan-carlos_2200683/
https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20190830148373/reina-letizia-princesa-leonor-visita-rey/

I don't find it strange that Queen Letizia goes alone with Leonor to visit King Juan Carlos. She is criticized for anything she does. King Philip VI yesterday explained that they would make the visits this way so as not to overload the patient.
I also think that King Felipe VI goes to Norway alone because of the political crisis in Spain, so they decided that the other members of the royal family should stay in Spain.
 
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I don't remember Prime Ministers previously visiting him in hospital post abdication?

Although open heart surgery is now considered routine, at JC’s age , a heart condition and major surgery are critical.

Having said that, I wonder why the PM felt a visit was warranted in this case when, as you said, he didn’t do that in previous occasions.
 
I find it really strange that QL visited alone with Leonor. If my father-in-law were in the hospital I wouldn't be visiting him without my spouse or mother-in-law. I'm not his daughter and wouldn't want to make it awkward for him.
 
:previous: King Felipe said yesterday they would be visiting him in pairs like this in order to not overwhelm the patient. Also, he's probably already on his way to Norway. I guess whatever Letizia does (if she does not go, bad relationship; if she goes with Felipe, it's forced; if she goes along her daughter, she wants the spotlight or who knows what), there will be critics, it's kind of funny.

Re: Mr Pedro Sanchez, you all must know that our photogenic PM seems to like the spotlight a little bit too much ;) However, I find his visit today, while unnecessary, convenient since he shows his good relation with the RF, and that he's also back in Madrid before time, on times that are quite uncertain again about the future government, so I'm quite fine with it. Plus that is a signal that KJC is doing quite well, since he is receiving so various visits all day long.
 
I disagree. What is there to be awkward about.

I like how this shifting schedule of visit is unfolding right now. Lovely to see Queen Letizia and Leonor together.❤️❤️❤️
 
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I find it really strange that QL visited alone with Leonor. If my father-in-law were in the hospital I wouldn't be visiting him without my spouse or mother-in-law. I'm not his daughter and wouldn't want to make it awkward for him.

Last year my mother-in-law was very often in hospital. There have been times my husband wasn't able to visit her (he had to work very hard) there was no question for me to visit her alone or with my two sons. This is nothing else but family.
 
I've never believe King Juan Carlos and Queen Letizia have a bad relationship, maybe is not perfect as in every family happens but they respect each other for sure, for me everything is the press, they need everyday something really juicy to sell more and more magazines or to have more audience, Letizia has been always the easiest target of the Royal Family. The true is that you need to live in Spain to know how miserly the press really is. King Felipe going solo to Norway, for me makes sense, King Juan Carlos is still in hospital, only one week ago he had an open-heart sugery which is a mayor surgery, and the government circus we have, they have taken de right choice, low profile.
 
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