Advice for Mette-Marit: “Limit Close Contact”
Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Queen Mette-Marit missed her husband’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday because of complications following a lung transplant.
- Doctors closely monitor transplant patients for rejection and infection while the new lungs and surgical wounds heal.
- A 1.2-kilometre funeral procession from the palace to Oslo Cathedral is planned for next week.
Queen Mette-Marit had to miss her husband’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday because of complications following her lung transplant. She was also at Rikshospitalet after the ceremony with King Haakon.
A transplant creates several risks, doctors explain. The first concern is rejection, when the body tries to remove the new lungs. Patients therefore undergo close monitoring and blood tests to check for infection.
The transplanted lungs also need time to heal and attach, while the wounds from the operation must recover. The medical advice includes limiting close contact with other people.
That could affect how much of King Harald’s funeral Mette-Marit can attend. The funeral is scheduled for next week and will include a 1.2-kilometre mourning procession from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral, where 1,000 people can be accommodated.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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