The legendary former Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ presents an improvement in his respiratory infection, although he continues “with no forecast of medical discharge”, when two weeks have elapsed since his hospitalization, his doctors reported on Monday.
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“Still without a discharge forecast, the patient continues to show improvement in his clinical condition, especially in the respiratory infection,” said the latest bulletin from the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where Pelé has been hospitalized since last November 29.
The triple world champion, 82 years old and undergoing treatment for colon cancer, “remains in a common room, conscious and with stable vital signs.”
With his daughter Kelly
Kely Nascimento, one of the daughters of the former Santos and Cosmos player, returned to Brazil to closely follow the clinical evolution of her father and this Monday, from the hospital, she published a photograph of the hands of both intertwined.
According to his doctors, Pelé was hospitalized two weeks ago to evaluate a change in the chemotherapy treatment he has undergone since having a colon tumor removed in September 2021.
Days later, they reported that he also suffered from a respiratory infection. The infection arose after the former soccer player contracted covid-19 a month ago, according to his daughters.
The family has also denied press reports according to which Pelé, considered by many to be the best soccer player in history, is no longer responding to chemotherapy, so his doctors decided to suspend it and go to palliative care.
Active on social networks
Despite his hospitalization, Pelé has maintained intense activity on his social networks, with words of affection for the players of the Brazilian team after the painful elimination on penalties against Croatia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar.
He also asked Neymar to continue in the ‘canarinha’ after the doubts raised by the Paris Saint-Germain striker, he thanked the support of the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and consoled the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo after also losing in the quarterfinals against Morocco.
