Pope Francis slept well during a cool first night after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection and was getting up to eat and read on Saturday, said Vatican said.
88 -year -old Francis had breakfast on Saturday morning and continued his drug therapy and read newspapers, spokesperson Matteo Bruni said.
Argentina Pope was admitted to Jamelli Hospital in Rome on Friday after a week for a week of bronchitis. He was immediately hospitalized since the 2013 election and raised questions about his uncertain health.
Initial trials showed that they had respiratory tract infection and slight fever. The Vatican canceled its audience at least through Monday.
Francis, which is the risk of respiratory infection in the winter, diagnosed bronchitis February 6, but continued to hold the daily audience in his Vatican Hotel suit. Hey presided over an outdoor month in the last weekend and participated in his general audience on Wednesday. But he is handing over his speeches to a colleague to read loudly, saying that he is having trouble breathing.
Francis had a lung part as a young man and was struggling with other health problems.
He removed 33 centimeters of his large intestine due to the narrow of the colon in 2021. In 2023 for removing intestinal scars tissue and repairing a hernia in 2023 ahead stomach surgery. He uses a wheelcare, walker or can do it while walking around his apartment and recently fell twice, hurt his arm and chin.
Francis is being treated at Jameli Hospital in Rome, where pop has a private suite on the 10th floor. He revealed that during the 2023 hospitalization, he was detected “an acute and strong pneumonia, at the bottom of the lungs”.
Sometimes bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, a deep and more severe infection of the lung air bag.
