Rome – The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Francis spent a good night at the Roman hospital – the fifth after being taken with an attack to a bronchitis that has developed in pneumonia in both lungs. A bilateral diagnosis of pneumonia on Tuesday will be an alarming turn for any 88 years of age, but it causes particular concern to the leaders of the Catholic Church who has long suffered from respiratory problems.
Pope Francis rested well, woke up and ate breakfast on Wednesday morning, the Vatican said. The source of the institution said the Pontiff did not suffer from the heart and breathed on its own without the help of the respirator. They said he was sometimes sitting in his chair, and realized he was under strict orders from his medical team to rest.
The Vatican later said the Pope was in a stable condition on Wednesday, and blood tests showed a slight improvement, in particular with inflammation markers.
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni visited Frances on Wednesday after lunch, and they spoke privately for 20 minutes, the Vatican said. Close assistants also bring him documents for consideration and signing.
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Another source told CBS News that Francis made a number of phone calls and also received notes from friendly.
People gather outside the Hemli Hospital in Rome to also show their support, and many leave messages and notes near the statue of former Pope John Paul II. The Vatican also shared a selection of photos on Wednesday, which show some images and notes that children who were treated in the Children's Cancer Department of the Hemeli were sent to the Pope.
The Pope always kept a very busy schedule and he found himself panting at some of his public events at the beginning of the month before going to the hospital on Friday for what was the first diagnosed as bronchitis.
The New Diagnosis Confirmed On Tuesday, of Pneumonia in Both of His lungs, Came a day after the vatican said the pontiff had a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract and that test results. Clinical Picture that will require Hospital to remain. “
On Tuesday, the Vatican said pneumonia would require additional medical therapy. The disease was detected after Francis passed CT in the chest on Tuesday, Vatican said.
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The Vatican said Francis is grateful for “the proximity he feels at this moment” from his fans, and that he asked people to pray for him.
This is the fourth hospitalization of the Pope because he assumed the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013. It has passed a significant The surgery of the abdomen In 2021, and then in 2023 there was another procedure for the restoration of scar tissue and abdominal hernia. It was hospitalized for a short time for pneumonia treatment Earlier that year.
In his youth in his home country, Argentina, Francis was taken out by one light after the pulmonary infection that left him vulnerable to respiratory diseases.
The Vatican canceled the audience, which Francis had to have on Saturday and announced that he would not celebrate Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica.
The Pope's constant hospitalization comes just two weeks before the annual Christian preservation of the Great Great. The 40-day long period begins on Wednesday, which this year falls on March 5.
Before Easter last year, Francis refused to attend the march on Good Friday in the Roman Colosseum, trying to maintain his health, but later the Pope brought tens of thousands of believers to Easter celebrations.
