\u201cThe Holy Father\u2019s condition has shown a slight further improvement over the past 24 hours.\u00a0The mild kidney insufficiency observed in recent days has subsided.\u00a0A chest CT scan carried out last night showed a normal progression of the lung inflammation.\u00a0Blood tests conducted today confirmed the improvement seen yesterday.<\/i><\/p>\n
The Holy Father remains on high-flow oxygen therapy but has not experienced any asthma-like respiratory episodes today.\u00a0Respiratory physiotherapy is continuing.\u00a0Despite the slight improvement, his prognosis remains guarded.<\/i><\/p>\n
This morning, the Holy Father received the Eucharist, and in the afternoon, he resumed his work.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have hopeful news. Pope Francis\u2019 health is slowly improving. The \u201cslight\u201d kidney failure that his blood tests showed has backed off and his other blood values are also improving. While our Poppa is still critically ill, and his prognosis is \u201cguarded,\u201d this is a sign of hope. From Vatican News: \u201cThe Holy Father\u2019s condition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":31293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7906],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"\n
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