Has been hospitalized since February 14
Pope Francis’ health is now complex, but “stable” and without the need for mechanical ventilation, a sign that respiratory function is improving as double pneumonia, the Vatican said.
The doctors who attend Francisco, cited by the AP agency, said that the 88-year-old had remained stable, but refered again to the complexity of his general condition and maintained his prognosis under surveillance, which means he is not out of danger.
According to the same source, the Pope seems to be overcoming the possible complications of a respiratory crisis that occurred on Friday, when he had to receive supplementary oxygen after an episode of cough and vomiting inhalation, which caused fears of a new pulmonary infection.
The doctors aspired the vomiting and put it in noninvasive mechanical ventilation, a mask that pumps oxygen to the lungs, which he wore on Saturday, but is no longer necessary today.
Francisco, who has been hospitalized since February 14, rested, prayed in his private chapel, and participated in Mass for the rest of the day after receiving the visit of Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and his chief of staff, archbishop Edgar Pena Parra.
The Pope, who was removed part of a lung when he was young, has a lung disease and was hospitalized after an episode of bronchitis gets worse and turned into complex pneumonia into both lungs.
