Pope Francis condition isnt life-threatening but not out of danger

Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn’t life-threatening, but he’s not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in the hospital battling pneumonia in both lungs along with a bacterial, viral and fungal infection.Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope’s condition, saying he will remain at Rome’s Gemelli hospital at least through next week.The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen when he needs it and is responding to the strengthened drug therapy he is receiving, they said.Gemelli hospital Dr.

Sergio Alfieri and Francis’ personal physician, Dr.Luigi Carbone, gave the detailed update on Francis’ condition, saying he remains in good spirits and humor.

To wit: Alfieri said that when he entered Francis’ suite to greet him on Friday morning as “Holy Father,” the pope replied by referring to Alfieri as “Holy Son.”The pope suffered from a seasonal infection that has filled hospitals, but with a difference, Alfieri said.“Other 88-year-old people generally stay at home and watch TV in a rocking chair.Do you know any other 88-year-olds who govern, let’s say, a state and is also the spiritual father of all Catholics in the world? He does not spare himself, because he is enormously generous, so he got tired,″ Alfieri said.Carbone said that Francis was responding to the drug therapy that was “strengthened” after the pneumonia was diagnosed earlier this week.

He is also fighting a multipronged infection of bacteria, virus and fungus in the respiratory tract.Doctors said there was no evidence the germs had entered his bloodstream, a condition known as sepsis that they said remains the biggest concern.

Sepsis is a complication of an infection that can lead to organ failure and death.Francis is receiving supplemental oxygen when he needs it through a nasal cannula, a thin flexible tube that delivers oxygen through the nose.Francis was admitt...