BREAKING NEWS SUMMARY of Italian Original above
by Br. Alexis Bugnolo
Pope Francis’ kidneys have begun to fail. He has received a transfusion of concentrated red blood cells as his anemic condition persists. He has not had another breathing crisis as on Saturday morning. He continues to breathe through nasal tubes to augment oxygen intake.
He attended Mass in his room with his medical team.
He remains in critical condition. No prognosis can be given due to the high risk of unforeseen complications.
You can read a full Google translation of the Italian Edition of the Vatican News press release from this evening, HERE.
The Vatican still won’t admit the truth: Pope Francis is dying.
According to the KidneyFund.org, kidney failure leads to an inability of the body to produce sufficient red blood cells. This may explain Pope Francis’ anemia. Kidney failure also struck Pope Benedict XVI ad Archbishop Gaenswein, ostensibly due to the poor health quality of the tap water at the Vatican. FromRome.Info surmised correctly nearly a week ago, that Pope Francis’ real undisclosed problem was this.
According to the U.S. National Institute of Health (here), the failure of the kidneys to produce EPO leads directly to anemia in patients with low oxygen intake, as seems to be the case with Pope Francis who has chronic breathing problems:
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone produced by the peritubular cells of the renal cortex. This hormone stimulates red blood cell production in response to low partial pressure of oxygen (pO2).
From this it appears that Pope Francis is suffering from widespread organ problems: kidneys, lungs with pneumonia and polymicrobic infection, low blood platelets due to clotting issues, risk of sepsis from infection and tissue bloating etc.. It will be nigh impossible to solve all these at once. At last we have a clearer picture of Pope Francis’ complex health issues.
