The prognosis , since last Saturday, "remains reserved" . With the conditions of the Holy Father which, according to the medical bulletin released yesterday evening, "remain critical, but stationary".
This morning, the Holy See announced that Bergoglio spent another "quiet night" , with the pontiff "resting" to fight the bilateral pneumonia that has forced him to be hospitalized at Gemelli since February 14.
Yesterday "no acute respiratory episodes occurred," the Holy See informed, "and the haemodynamic parameters continue to be stable ." With the mild renal insufficiency found on Sunday that "is not considered worrying" by doctors. Oxygen was also reduced in the quantities supplied, used "as needed."
Yesterday, Pope Francis "undertook a scheduled CT scan for radiological monitoring of bilateral pneumonia ." This is the third CT scan in 12 days, and the results will arrive today.
Yesterday, a positive note: that of the resumption of a "light work activity" for the Holy Father, who dedicated himself to reading documents, signing, responding to emails, drafting texts.
He also took some important decisions, including that of starting the beatification process for Salvo D'Acquisto, the young carabiniere who in 1943 offered his life to the Nazis in exchange for that of 22 people. Bartolo Longo, the founder of the sanctuary of Pompeii, will instead be canonized.
(Unioneonline/vl)
