The former Brazilian legend Pele he has returned to the hospital “to continue treatment” for a colon tumor, the Sao Paulo medical establishment, where he spent a month in September, said on Wednesday.
The Albert-Einstein Hospital specified in its medical bulletin that the 81-year-old Pelé’s health condition was “stable” and that he should be discharged “in the next few days.” In fact, her daughter Kely said on Instagram that “in two or three days she will be back home to enjoy Christmas.”
At the end of September, the same hospital had indicated that the three-time world champion would undergo “chemotherapy” to treat this tumor detected during routine examinations.
Operated on September 4, the Brazilian spent ten days in an intensive care unit, where he briefly returned a few days later due to respiratory difficulties.
Overnight, one of his daughters, Flavia, asked Pelé’s fans on Instagram to “shut up” by assuring them that this is the “last visit of the year to Einstein.”
He said his father was in “treatment, check-ups and chemotherapy.” “Thank you for everyone’s love … my dad is amazing,” she added.
Throughout her hospitalization, another of her daughters, Kely Nascimento, reassured fans with photos and videos showing her father, still smiling and full of humor despite apparent exhaustion.
Pelé himself has made some posts on social media recently, one of which congratulated Argentine Lionel Messi on his seventh Ballon d’Or last week.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, whose real name is, has suffered numerous health problems in recent years, especially in 2019, when he was hospitalized in Paris and later transferred to Sao Paulo for kidney stones.
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