After 16 days in the cancer ward of Modena's Policlinico, Luciano Pavarotti seems, possibly, hopefully, to be headed home soon.
Pavarotti's wife's doctor, Luciano Bovicelli, has spoken to Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino, and has explained that yes, maestro Pavarotti was indeed hospitalized on August 8 for a lung problem but that has been now resolved; and he explained that most of Pavarotti's discomfort is at present time related to some old spinal column problems that are now causing him pain.
Pavarotti, Dr. Bovicelli said, should be coming home "at the beginning of next week".