By james art 
The 88-year-old, who has been in hospital for a week with pneumonia and complex pulmonary infection, has also received blood transfusion after the tests show a low platelet count that is needed for anemia-related clotting, said the Vatican in a health update.
“Therefore, the state of the Holy Father continues to be critical, as explained yesterday (Friday), the Pope is not out of danger,” the statement said.
This was the first time you were “critical” in a written statement to describe Francis’s condition.
The statement also said that the pontiff “continues to be alert and spent the day in a chair, though with more pain than yesterday. Currently, the forecast is preserved. “
Doctors said that Francis’s condition was a touch and that he was by no means out of danger.
The update, which was prepared by Francis’ medical team, but issued by the Vatican, also marks the first time the Pope’s forecast was described as “reserved”, suggesting that it is in a stream and requires careful observation.
Doctors have warned that the main threat to Francis will be the beginning of sepsis, a serious blood infection that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.
As of Friday, there was no evidence of sepsis and Francis responded to the various medicines it was taking, said the Pope’s medical team in his first in -depth update on the Pope’s condition.
Francis, who has a chronic pulmonary disease, was admitted to the Gemeli hospital on February 14 after a one -week attack of bronchitis worsened.
Doctors first diagnosed the complex infection of the respiratory pathways of viral, bacteria and fungi and then the appearance of pneumonia in both lungs.
They prescribed an “absolute break” and a combination of cortisone and antibiotics, along with extra oxygen when it needed it.
The update on Saturday was celebrated the first time the Vatican refers to Francis, who has undergone a “prolonged -magnitude asthmatic respiratory crisis, which also requires the application of oxygen at high streams.”
Dr. Sergio Alfiery, Head of Medicine and Surgery at Gemeli’s Hospital in Rome, said that on Friday, the biggest threat to Francis is that some of the germs currently located in his respiratory system pass into the blood, causing sepsis. Sepsis can lead to organ failure and death.
“The sepsis, with its respiratory problems and its age, would be really difficult to get out,” D -R Alfiery told a press conference on Friday. “The British say” fucking on a tree, “we say” Tap iron. ” Everyone is touching what they want, ”he said as he taps the microphone. “But this is the real risk in these cases: these germs pass to the blood.”
“He knows he’s in danger,” added Dr. Alfiery. “And he told us to relay this.”
Meanwhile, the deacons gathered in the Vatican for their special weekend of the Holy Year.
Francis became ill at the beginning of the Holy Year of the Vatican, the celebration of Catholicism once from a quarter -century news. This weekend, Francis had to celebrate deacons, a ministry in the church that preceded the ordination of the priesthood.
In its place, the organizer of the Holy Year will celebrate the liturgy on Sunday, the Vatican said.
And for the second consecutive weekend, Francis will skip his traditional blessing on Sunday at noon, which he could deliver from a hospital if he did.