A bilateral pneumonia discovered to the Pope this Tuesday at the Gemelli hospital in Rome complicates the clinical picture already “complex ‘of Francisco.
The new ailment must receive additional treatment that is supplied by the polymicrobial infection that forced to hospitalize it, a last -moment note of the agency Spanish EFE.
After being subjected to a computed tomography of thorax, it was verified that Pope Francis “suffers bilateral pneumonia that requires additional pharmacological therapy that is used for polymicrobial infection and its clinical picture remains complex,” said Tuesday the Vatican in the last medical part.
In addition, “polymicrobial infection, which occurs in a context of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and requires the use of cortisone antibiotic therapy, makes therapeutic treatment more complex.”
Therefore, the Holy See emphasizes that “laboratory exams, chest x -rays and clinical conditions continue to present a complex picture” for Francisco, who must maintain the absolute rest that doctors already prescribed him two days ago.
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But despite all the complications, the 88 -year -old Pontiff, “is in a good mood” and receiving great samples of affection outside and within the hospital, where the families of children admitted to the Department of Oncology has sent him letters and drawings.
“He appreciates the proximity he feels at this time and asks, with a grateful heart, to continue praying for him,” concludes the Vatican statement quoted by Efe.
On his fifth day admitted, and as in preceding days, this morning he received the Eucharist and during the day he alternated the rest with the prayer and reading of texts after spending a quiet night ‘as the journalists explained to the journalists the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni
Likewise, on Tuesday the Vatican confirmed that, for the moment, the Pope’s agenda was annulled until Sunday and that at the Mass on the occasion of the Racon’s Jubilee will be replaced by the person responsible for the Dicasterio for Evangelization, Rino Fisichella.
“The Pope is locked in a hospital room and I think this is terrible to him, but it is really necessary and we wish him a speed Antonio Spadaro, in an interview.
Already in the last part of Monday it was indicated that the clinical picture of the Pope was ‘complex’, which made a more prolonged Francisco hospitalization foreseen than initially planned.
Despite its hospitalization and the prescription of absolute rest, Francisco re -established communication, through video call, on Monday night with the parish of the Holy Family, the only Catholic Church of Gaza, a practice that performs daily from the outbreak of The war in October 2023.
“He asked us how we were, he thanked us for prayers, and gave us his blessing,” Romanelli himself said. “The Pope seemed tired, but his voice was strong and clear,” said the pastor.
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Francisco is also receiving hundreds of messages from good wishes for a good recovery, as well as drawings and cards. Some come from children admitted to the Gemelli Hospital, in particular those of the Oncology Room, their residents of the tenth plant, to which the Pope has never stopped visiting in his previous rooms in the health center, a on Tuesday a note of the newspaper digital Vatican News.
In addition to his lung complications, Pope Francis has persistent pain in the hip and knees that do not allow him to walk, so he must mobilize in a wheelchair.
