After a few days of cautious optimism and two weeks in a hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, Pope Francis suffered another respiratory crisis on Friday, reconnecting concern about the forecast of the Roman Catholic Church leader.
On Friday night, the Vatican said that Francis, who is 88 years old and has a history of respiratory problems, breathed vomiting after coughing, causing a “exacerbation of respiratory paintings” and demanding aspiration.
It was said that the crisis happened early on Friday afternoon, after the morning of respiratory physiotherapy and prayer in the chapel, and he needed “non -invasive” ventilation – which means he is not intubated, which requires sedation and that he remained “awake and conscious at all times.”
The Vatican added that the Pope’s doctors said it would take 24 to 48 hours to determine if the crisis had worsened the Pope’s condition.
Francis now uses a mask that covers his mouth and nose to help him breathe, as is in other points at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. The Vatican said that Francis cooperates with “therapeutic maneuvers,” and was in “good spirits”.
The pope was admitted to a hospital with bronchitis and later diagnosed with pneumonia. Last Saturday, they had a respiratory crisis that he seemed to overcome, and medical newsletters in recent days were cautiously optimistic, although doctors said she was not out of danger. In recent days, doctors have said that Francis is no longer in a “critical state”, but that his situation is “complex”.
“It’s a failure,” Austen Ivereigh, biographer Pope Francis, wrote on xadding “I was too confident. Please continue prayers. “
Others shared his concern.
“Considering his age, since he is in such a state, we have to worry,” Father Felicien Agangalo, a priest in Rome, said on Friday. “His illness is not a minor disease.”
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