UPDATE on Pope Francis' Health from his Doctors Reveals he is Improving but Not Fully “out of danger"

 Vatican News reported that at a press conference in Rome’s Gemelli hospital,  members of Pope Francis’ medical team say that he is not yet out of danger,  and will be in hospital at least another week - but they note that he is joking  as usual, and has even begun working again. 

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The Vatican released that “The Holy Father‘s clinical condition is showing slight improvement.  He has no fever,  and his hemodynamic parameters remain stable.  This morning,  he received the Eucharist and then dedicated himself to work activities. “ The pope was diagnosed with double pneumonia and his pharmacological therapy was therefore adjusted.  

The Pope is not “in danger of death, ” but he’s also not fully “out of danger, ” the medical team said. 

At Rome’s Gemelli hospital,  Doctor Sergio Alfieri,  the head of the team caring for the Pope,  and Doctor Luigi Carbone,  the Vice-Director of the Vatican’s healthcare service,  spoke for about forty minutes to journalists. 

The pair said that they believed the Pope would be hospitalized for "at least" the entirety of the next week.  

Doctor Alfieri emphasised that the Pope is not attached to a ventilator,  although he is still struggling with his breathing and consequently keeping his physical movements limited. 

Nevertheless,  the physician said,  the Pope is sitting upright in a chair,  working,  and joking.   Alfieri said that when one of the doctors greeted the Pope by saying “Hello,  Holy Father”,  he replied with “Hello,  Holy Son”. 

Asked by a journalist what their greatest fear is,  the doctors noted that there is a risk that germs in the Pope’s respiratory tract might enter his bloodstream,  causing sepsis. 

Doctor Alfieri did say,  however,  that he was confident that Pope Francis would leave the hospital at some point and return to Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican; with the proviso that when he does so,  his chronic respiratory issues will remain. 

Source: Vatican News