Pope Francis in ‘critical condition’ asks prayer for
Pope Francis continues his struggle for survival with a disturbing new diagnosis.
RadarOnline.com can reveal that the 88-year-old for a second day satisfies in critical condition, because blood tests have now exposed early kidney failure-which adds to his night frame list of double pneumonia and a brutal lung infection.
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The pope, who has been admitted to the hospital for more than a week, is reportedly still alert and responsive according to the Vatican.
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Despite his current state, the Vatican reported on Sunday that the pope is still alert and responsive – after he has attended mass.
He has not experienced breathing crises since Saturday evening, although he continues to receive permanent additional oxygen with high current.
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Pope Francis experienced a long -term asthmatic respiratory crisis and has received medical care.
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Blood tests have demonstrated “initial, mild” kidney failure – which influences the filtration of waste products in the blood – but doctors assured it is managed.
Moreover, the number of platelets from Francis, which is essential for coagulation and was noted for the first time on Saturday, is now stabilized, according to his medical team.
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Doctors said: “The complexity of the clinical image and the necessary waiting for medicine therapies to give some feedback dictate that the prognosis remains reserved.”
Francis has been admitted to the hospital for more than a week, after his admission to the Gemelli hospital of Rome on February 14.
He has received medical care due to severe lung infection and underwent blood transfusions after tests revealed anemia.
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On Saturday, RadarOnline.com revealed that the pope experienced a long -term asthmatic respiratory crisis, which required a high degree of oxygen.
A statement from the Vatican was: “The Holy Father remains alert and spent the day in an armchair, although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved.”
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A message prepared for Francis to read during the holy year had the absent pope to ask prayers.
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Francis was planned to celebrate the mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica and Ordain Deacons as part of the annual compliance with the Vatican year -long holy year.
Instead, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the organizer of the Holy Year, led the Mass in place – a special prayer for Francis from the altar before delivering the homily that the Pope had prepared.
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He said to the deacons: “Although he is in a hospital bed, we feel Pope Francis close to us. We feel him present among us,” he told the hundreds of white -washed deacons. “
A message that was prepared for Francis to read on Sunday – but he did not deliver – said that he “continued my hospitalization in the Gemelli hospital, with the necessary treatment – and rest is also part of the therapy!”
The message also asked for prayers and referred to the coming birthday of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as “a painful and shameful opportunity for all humanity.”
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The doctors of Francis have warned of the threatening threat of Sepsis as a potential complication – especially considering his age and already existing respiratory disorders.
Dr. Luigi CarboneThe personal doctor of the pope, emphasized the vulnerability of patients in critical circumstances and stated: “He is not out of danger. So like all vulnerable patients, I say they are always on the golden scale: in other words, it takes very little become unbalanced.
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The medical team that supervises the treatment of Francis has closely monitored his response to prescribed medicines and oxygen therapy.
Initially, the Pope first resisted to go to the hospital, but “was not told in an uncertain terms that he was in the risk of dying if he stayed in his room in the Vatican”, a report that stood at the time.
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In the meantime, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni the Pope visited Wednesday, who said he was ‘alert and responsive’.
Despite his poor health, it was reported that Francis was still joking about people who bet at his death, because Meloni said that he “did not lose his proverbial sense of humor.”
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The 88-year-old is expected to stay in the hospital for at least a week.
On the same day it was said that the Swiss guard, who protects the Pope, rehearsed his funeral while they were preparing for the death of the Pontiff. “
Prayers for Francis have arrived from all corners of the world, including his home country of Argentina, the heart of Sunni Islam in Cairo and even school children in Rome.
He is expected to stay in the hospital for at least a week.
