The former Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pele’ “He continues in the fight,” said one of his daughters this Friday, after knowing the worsening of his state of health.
“We are still here, in the fight and with faith. One more night together,” he wrote Kely Nascimento in instagramnext to a photo of her hugging her father in the hospital bed of sao paulor where the 82-year-old former striker is hospitalized.
This is the first photo of Pele since, two days ago, his doctors reported that the cancer had advanced, causing “dysfunctions” in his kidneys and heart.
After learning about the worsening health of the three-time world champion, his daughters announced that they will spend Christmas in the hospital, where Pele He has been hospitalized since last November 29.
Pele He was hospitalized to evaluate a change in chemotherapy treatment, which he had been receiving since a colon tumor was detected last September.
Days later, the hospital reported that it was also treating him for a respiratory infection that, according to his daughters, he suffered as a result of covid-19.
Last Wednesday, the doctors reported a worsening of the cancer and said that the former soccer player “requires greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunction.”
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