He Pope Francis He continues on Tuesday with respiratory physiotherapy without mechanical ventilation and, therefore, with high flow oxygen with nasal cannulas, after Monday suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure, Vatican sources reported.
He will dedicate the day to rest and prayer, added these sources. More details will be known in the medical part of the afternoon on its 19th hospitalization in the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.
This Monday was a complicated day for the Pope, which he presented “Two episodes of acute respiratory failure caused by an important accumulation of endobronchial mucus“And that caused a new crisis of”Broncoospasm”
Therefore, two bronchoscopies were practiced to aspire to the “abundant secretions”Due, Vatican Fuentes explained, to the bilateral pneumonia suffered by the Pope.
Francisco, according to the Vatican, has remained “Always alert, oriented and collaborator “.
The 88 -year -old pontiff is admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome since February 14 by bronchitis with polymicrobial infection to which bilateral pneumonia joined.
The forecast is still “reserved”That is, doctors do not clarify the possible evolution of their clinical status.
Meanwhile, in the Plaza de San Pedro the prayer of the rosary will continue for the health of the Pope, and this time the British cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship will preside over.
The Vatican also reported that as of March 9, the first Sunday of Lent, spiritual exercises begin, “In spiritual communion with the Holy Father”, To whom the members of the Roman curia are invited.
The meditations will be proposed by Father Roberto Pasolini, preacher of the Pontifical House, on the subject: “The hope of eternal life”
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Source: Gestion
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