He papa It has spent a “quiet” night and is resting, the Holy See, on the seventeenth day of Hospitalization of Francisco due to his respiratory problems, reported Sunday.
“The night has been calm, the Pope still rests”Vatican sources made about the last hours of the Pontiff, admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome from more than two weeks.
Yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Pontiff is “stable” and alternates the non -invasive mechanical ventilation with oxygen therapy, without new episodes of bronchospasm as the one suffered on Friday, which caused a “sudden” worsening of its respiratory picture, so the prognosis remains “reserved.”
The 88 -year -old pontiff has been hospitalized since February 14 due to bronchitis with polymicrobial infection to which bilateral pneumonia joined.
Yesterday Saturday, during the day, “alternated non -invasive mechanical ventilation With long periods of high flow oxygen therapy “, with” a good response to gas exchange, “said the Vatican.
For now, the Holy See has not reported more bronchospasm episodes such as the one that the Pontiff had on Friday, which was accompanied by a vomiting picture by inhalation. After that, Doctors assured that between 24 and 48 hours are needed To assess its effects. The Holy See also stressed that Francisco “is always lucid and oriented.”
