Doctors will provide the first person update in Pepe Francis from pneumonia lungs in a month

Rome – Rome (AP) – Papa Francis “Doctors provide their first personal update on Pontift’s condition in a month, in a sign that in its battle, it has made good and stable progress in its battle against double pneumonia.

Saturday night Briefing is the first of 21. February, The week after 88-year-old Francis was brought to the Gemello hospital after experiencing several respiratory crises that landed it into a critical state, although since then it was stabilized.

In other development, the Vatican announced that Francis would appear on Sunday morning to bless faithful from his 10. Kat package in the hospital. While Francis released Audio message 6. Marta and Vatican has distributed a photograph Care 16. March, Sunday blessing will be the first living appearance since Francis recognized 14. February for what became the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.

Argentine pope, which has chronic lung disease, is prone to respiratory problems in winter and had a part of a single lungs removed as a young man, received after bronchitis worsened.

The doctors first diagnosed a complex bacterial, viral and fungal respiratory path infection and shortly thereafter, pneumonia in both lungs. Blood tests showed signs of anemia, low blood platelets and the beginning of the kidney failure, and everything was later resolved after two blood transfusions.

The most difficult justified started on 28. February, when Francis experienced an Acute cough fit And reduced vomiting, demanding that it uses a non-invasive mechanical ventilation mask that helps him breathe. He suffered two More respiratory crises In the coming days, which requested doctors manually heavier mucus, at which moment he began to sleep with a ventilation mask at night to help his lungs clean the liquid accumulation.

At no time he lost consciousness, and the doctors reported that he warned and cooperated.

In the past two weeks, he stabilized and registered small improvements, reported that the press office was Vatican. At night, the ventilation mask should not be worn again, and cutting it on high-oxygen high flows during the day.

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