Pope Francis has woken up after a
restful night and is continuing treatment at Rome's Agostino
Gemelli Hospital, Vatican sources said on Monday morning.
"The mood is good" and he is "eating normally", they said.
Vatican sources also said the pontiff was "not in pain".
They explained that the "suffering" reported in a medical
bulletin issued on Saturday evening was due to the fact that the
pontiff had experienced. a prolonged respiratory crisis.
Earlier in the morning, the Vatican had said that the pontiff's
tenth night in hospital "went well; the Pope slept and is
resting," read a statement by the Vatican Press Office.
On Sunday the Vatican explained that the 88-year-old Argentine
pontiff's condition remained critical after he had respiratory
crises on Saturday.
A medical bulletin said blood tests showed that the pope's
thrombocytopenia, which occurs when the platelet count in the
blood is too low, was stable but revealed early, mild signs of
kidney failure, adding that this was currently under control.
It said the pontiff was continuing to receive high-flow oxygen
therapy.
The pope was admitted to the hospital on 14 February after
experiencing breathing difficulties and was initially treated
for bronchitis before being diagnosed with pneumonia in both
lungs.
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