Pope Francis in Critical Condition After Long Respiratory Crisis, Requiring Oxygen at High Flow, Says Vatican
The 88-year-old Pope Francis, who has been hospitalised for a week with pneumonia and a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed low platelet counts associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
Rome, February 22: Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalised for a week with pneumonia and a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed low platelet counts associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update. 슬롯사이트œThe Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved,슬롯사이트� the statement said.
Doctors have said Francis' condition is touch-and-go and that he is by no means out of danger. They have warned that the main threat facing Francis would be the onset of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia. As of Friday, there was no evidence of any sepsis, and Francis was responding to the various drugs he is taking, the pope's medical team said in their first in-depth update on the pope's condition.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Pope Francis Admitted to Hospital for Bronchitis Treatment, Says Vatican.
Francis, who has chronic lung disease, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on February 14 after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. Doctors first diagnosed the complex viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract infection and then the onset of pneumonia in both lungs. They prescribed 슬롯사이트œabsolute rest슬롯사이트� and a combination of cortisone and antibiotics, along with supplemental oxygen when he needs it.
Dr Sergio Alfieri, the head of medicine and surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital, said the biggest threat facing Francis was that some of the germs that are currently located in his respiratory system pass into the bloodstream, causing sepsis. Sepsis can lead to organ failure and death. 슬롯사이트œSepsis, with his respiratory problems and his age, would be really difficult to get out of,슬롯사이트� Alfieri told a news conference Friday at Gemelli. 슬롯사이트œThe English say 'knock on wood,' we say 'touch iron.' Everyone touch what they want,슬롯사이트� he said as he tapped the microphone. 슬롯사이트œBut this is the real risk in these cases: that these germs pass to the bloodstream.슬롯사이트�슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Pope Francis Hospitalised To Treat Bronchitis, Undergo Diagnostic Tests As Weekend Events Cancelled.
슬롯사이트œHe knows he's in danger,슬롯사이트� Alfieri added. 슬롯사이트œAnd he told us to relay that.슬롯사이트� Meanwhile, the Vatican hierarchy went on the defensive to tamp down rumours and speculation that Francis might decide to resign. There is no provision in canon law for what to do if a pope becomes incapacitated. Francis has said that he has written a letter of resignation that would be invoked if he were medically incapable of making such a decision. The pope remains fully conscious, alert, eating and working.
The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gave a rare interview to Corriere della Sera to respond to speculation and rumours about a possible resignation. It came after the Vatican issued an unusual and official denial of an Italian media report that said Parolin and the pope's chief canonist had visited Francis in the hospital in secret.
Given the canonical requirements to make a resignation legitimate, the implications of such a meeting were significant, but the Vatican flat-out denied that any such meeting occurred. Parolin said such speculation seemed 슬롯사이트œuseless슬롯사이트� when what really mattered was the health of Francis, his recovery and return to the Vatican.
슬롯사이트œOn the other hand, I think it is quite normal that in these situations uncontrolled rumours can spread or some misplaced comment is uttered. It is certainly not the first time it has happened,슬롯사이트� Parolin was quoted as saying. 슬롯사이트œHowever, I don't think there is any particular movement, and so far I haven't heard anything like that.슬롯사이트� Deacons, meanwhile, were gathering at the Vatican for their special Holy Year weekend. Francis got sick at the start of the Vatican's Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration of Catholicism.
This weekend, Francis was supposed to have celebrated deacons, a ministry in the church that precedes ordination to the priesthood. In his place, the Holy Year organiser will celebrate Sunday's Mass, the Vatican said. And for the second consecutive weekend, Francis was expected to skip his traditional Sunday noon blessing, which he could have delivered from Gemelli if he were up to it.
슬롯사이트œLook, even though he's not (physically) here, we know he's here,슬롯사이트� said Luis Arnaldo Lopez Quirindongo, a deacon from Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was at the Vatican on Saturday for the Jubilee celebration. 슬롯사이트œHe's recovering, but he's in our hearts and is accompanying us, because our prayers and his go together.슬롯사이트�