Pope continues showing ‘slight’ improvement, Vatican says
On his sixth full day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, “the Holy Father’s clinical condition is improving slightly,” the Vatican said.
He continues to be without fever and “his hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable,” said an evening bulletin Feb. 20. “Hemodynamic parameters” refer to a series of tests measuring cardiac output and other indicators of whether a patient’s heart health is being impacted by a given therapy.
“He received the Eucharist this morning and afterward dedicated time to work,” the bulletin said. Previously, the Vatican said he was reading and working on texts. The suite of rooms reserved for the pope on the 10th floor of the Gemelli hospital includes an office for the pope’s secretaries and a chapel.