Stable condition of the Pope, no further breathing crises – Diepresse.com
Francis had vomited on Friday for breathing cramps that his respiratory values had subsequently deteriorated abruptly. Oxygen was therefore administered to him.
After a deterioration of his health on Friday, the Pope's state of health is « stable ». Since Friday, the 88-year-old, who has been treated in the Roman clinic « Gemelli » since February 14, has not suffered any other respiratory crises, the Vatican said in a bulletin, which was widespread on Saturday evening.
The Pope was partially « non-invasively mechanically ventilically ventilated » and an oxygen therapy. He was feverless, the blood values are stable. Francis continued to feed on Saturday and did breathing exercises. « The Holy Father stayed awake and oriented at all times, » it said. He devoted himself to prayer. The forecast remains behavior, it said.
« Crisis with bronchospasm »
The clinical location of the 88-year-old Francis is still « complex », it said in the Vatican on Saturday morning. According to the doctors, the pope suffered on both sides on both sides is not out of life. In any case, the respiratory crisis on Friday did not affect any other organs. Francis had vomited due to respiratory cramps on Friday that his respiratory values had deteriorated abruptly, the Vatican had explained in a bulletin, which was spread in the evening. Oxygen was therefore administered to him. At the same time, it was emphasized that the Pope had not been artificially ventilated, which would be done in the trachea via a hose.
After he had undergone physiotherapy on Friday morning and prayed in the chapel in his apartment in the polyclinic, a « crisis with bronchospasm » had occurred on Friday at 2:00 p.m. on Friday at 2:00 p.m. From Vatican circles said that up to 48 hours were necessary to evaluate the effects of the respiratory crisis on the Pope's state of health. Doctors always point out how dangerous pneumonia in Francis' age is.
In the meantime, the Pontifex is in the hospital as long than ever. On March 13, it was twelve years ago that Argentinian Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope. He was the successor to the German Pope Benedict XVI in March 2013. has been elected to the church. He is now the second oldest Pope in history.
To the Angelus prayer on Sunday: Pope publishes text
Because of the hospital stay, an audience planned for Saturday was canceled for the Holy Year. For the Angelus prayer on Sunday, the Pope will publish a text again, as was the case on the past two 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.
On Saturday evening, believers gather for the sixth evening in a row to pray for rosary. Because of the bad weather in Rome, it is not prayed for the Pope on St. Peter's Square, but in St. Peter's Basilica. From Monday, the Vatican had called for believers for the daily rosary prayer for Francis on St. Peter's Square. The sick Pope was prayed all over the world. (APA)
