Condition of the Pope improves easily – the press.com
Pope Francis is free of fever, but is still supplied with oxygen. The doctors are reserved in their forecasts.
After more than three weeks in the hospital, Pope Francis reacts well to the therapies. A slight improvement in his condition has occurred from the medical bulletin published on Saturday evening. The 88-year-old, who has been located in the Roman University Clinic « Agostino Gemelli » since February 14, is free of fever. The blood values are stable. However, the forecast was still reserved, it said on the part of the doctors.
The Pope prayed on Saturday in the small chapel of the private apartment on the tenth floor of the clinic, in the afternoon he rested and worked, announced from Vatican circles. The 88-year-old continues to be supplied with additional oxygen. This is partly with a breathing mask and partly through cannulas. Overnight, the Pope is mechanically ventilated with a ventilation device in an uninvasive manner. It is the first bulletin to publish the doctors since Thursday.
No breast crises since Monday
On Monday, the 88-year-old suffered two cases of acute respiratory insufficiency caused by considerable accumulation of mucus in the lungs and muscle cramps in the area of the bronchi. Thereupon two bronchoscopies were carried out in which secretions were sucked off. Since then, the Pope had no acute respiratory crises.
For the Angelus prayer on Sunday, the Pope is expected to publish a text again, as was the case on the past three Sundays. Usually the head of the Catholic Church Prayer every Sunday at lunchtime from the window of the Apostolic Palace with a view of St. Peter's Square. The so -called fasting extent of the Roman curia from Sunday to Friday will take place « in spiritual community » with the sick Pope, as the Vatican announced. The meditations are led by the Italian capuchin priest Roberto Pasolini, « preacher of the papal house » since November. The title of the retreats in the Vatican audience hall is « the hope of eternal life ».
Meanwhile, believers continue to pray for the sick Pope. Faith people who prayed for the Pontifex in front of the hospital also came from abroad. The twelfth evening in a row gathered people on Friday evening on St. Peter's Square to pray the rosary for Francis. The prayer stands another high -ranking church man every evening. (APA)
