(ANSA) – ROME, FEB 21 – The pope is not out of danger and knows his situation is serious as he battles pneumonia but he is not in a life-threatening condition and is still in such good spirits that he cracks jokes about his situation, the head of his medical team at a Rome hospital said Friday.
“The pope is not out of danger,” said Professor Sergio Alfieri in a press briefing at the Gemelli Hospital.
“But his life is not in danger now,” he said, adding “today he went to the chapel to pray” and saying “he’s in good spirits and makes quips” about his health.
“The Pope is in a good mood and makes jokes. The other day I said to him: ‘Good morning Holy Father.’ And he replied: ‘Good morning holy son. Just to say.” “The chronic disease remains, the Pope knows it, he said ‘I realize that the situation is serious'”, “sometimes he is short of breath and the sensation is not pleasant for anyone”.
Alfieri said the pope would stay in hospital at least for the next week.
He said Francis is not attached to any machine to help him breathe.
“When he has to he inserts his nostrils for a bit of oxygen, but he’s breathing on his own and feedim himself”.
He added that Francis had “always wanted us to tell the truth” about his condition in his medical bulletins.
Another doctor, Luigi Carbone, told the briefing that “we must be focused on overcoming this phase here.
“We can see the Holy Father’s grit, he’s not someone who gives up”.
The pope has a lung infection and the real danger is his contracting sepsis, Alfieri went on.
“The Pope has a lung infection and iIf by chance one of these germs were to pass into the blood, there would be sepsis”, “the real risk is if the germs pass into the blood. Today there are no such germs in the blood, the infection is now only in the lung.
“This is the real risk that a person of his age can run”, he added, referring to the hypothesis of sepsis.
The infection “is contained for the moment”, added Dr. Carbone.
“We have also reduced some drugs”, underlined Alfieri. (ANSA).
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“The pope is not out of danger,” said Professor Sergio Alfieri in a press briefing at the Gemelli Hospital.
“But his life is not in danger now,” he said, adding “today he went to the chapel to pray” and saying “he’s in good spirits and makes quips” about his health.
“The Pope is in a good mood and makes jokes. The other day I said to him: ‘Good morning Holy Father.’ And he replied: ‘Good morning holy son. Just to say.” “The chronic disease remains, the Pope knows it, he said ‘I realize that the situation is serious'”, “sometimes he is short of breath and the sensation is not pleasant for anyone”.
Alfieri said the pope would stay in hospital at least for the next week.
He said Francis is not attached to any machine to help him breathe.
“When he has to he inserts his nostrils for a bit of oxygen, but he’s breathing on his own and feedim himself”.
He added that Francis had “always wanted us to tell the truth” about his condition in his medical bulletins.
Another doctor, Luigi Carbone, told the briefing that “we must be focused on overcoming this phase here.
“We can see the Holy Father’s grit, he’s not someone who gives up”.
The pope has a lung infection and the real danger is his contracting sepsis, Alfieri went on.
“The Pope has a lung infection and iIf by chance one of these germs were to pass into the blood, there would be sepsis”, “the real risk is if the germs pass into the blood. Today there are no such germs in the blood, the infection is now only in the lung.
“This is the real risk that a person of his age can run”, he added, referring to the hypothesis of sepsis.
The infection “is contained for the moment”, added Dr. Carbone.
“We have also reduced some drugs”, underlined Alfieri. (ANSA).
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