It is not out of danger, says Pope Francis’s medical team

Pope Francis’s complex respiratory infection does not put his life at risk, although the Pontiff is not out of danger, his medical team said on Friday, while the 88 -year -old Pope turned his first week at the hospital fighting against pneumonia in pneumonia Both lungs along with a bacterial, viral and fungal infection.

Francisco’s doctors offered their first update in person about the Pope’s condition, stating that it will remain at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome at least until next week. The Pope occasionally receives supplementary oxygen when he needs it and responds well to the reinforced pharmacological therapy he receives, they said.

Dr. Sergio Alfieri of the Gemelli Hospital and Francisco’s personal doctor, Dr. Luigi Carbone, gave the detailed update on the condition of the pontiff, saying that he is animated and in a good mood. As an example, Alfieri commented that, when he entered Francisco’s suite on Friday morning, telling him «Holy Father», the Pope responded referring to Alfieri as «holy son.»

The Pope suffered a seasonal infection that has filled hospitals, but with a difference, said Alfieri.

“Other 88 -year -old people usually stay at home and watch television in a rocking chair. Do you know someone else who governs, say, a state and who is also the spiritual father of all Catholics in the world? It is not limited, because it is enormously generous, so it got tired, ”said Alfieri.

Carbone indicated that Francisco responded well to pharmacological therapy that was «reinforced» when pneumonia was diagnosed earlier this week. It also fights a polymicrobial infection of bacteria, viruses and fungi in the respiratory tract. The doctors said there was no evidence that the germs had entered their bloodstream, a condition known as sepsis that, they said, remains the greatest concern. Sepsis is a complication of an infection that can produce organic insufficiency and death.

Francisco receives supplementary oxygen when he needs it through a nasal cannula, which is a thin and flexible tube that supplies oxygen nasal.

Francisco was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital on February 14 after the worsening of the bronchitis he suffered. The doctors first diagnosed the complex respiratory infection and then the beginning of pneumonia in both lungs, in addition to chronic asthmatic bronchitis. They prescribed «absolute rest.»