Pope Francis was in critical condition on Saturday night after having a extfinished “asthmatic respiratory crisis” that insistd “high flows of oxygen” as well as a blood transfusion, the Vatican said, inserting to worrys about the health of the 88-year-elderly pontiff.
The proclaimment showd that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an modernize from his doctors on Friday evening, when he was also said to be in critical condition. “The pope is not out of danger,” the Vatican said on Saturday evening.
The pope was hospitalized on Feb. 14 with a respiratory tract infection that broadened into pneumonia in both lungs.
But the Vatican said on Saturday that Francis was attentive and sitting up in an armchair, “though he was in more pain than yesterday.”
The blood transfusion was vital because tests showed low ptardylet counts associated with anemia, the Vatican said.
