The family of Brazilian soccer star Pelé had to move the Christmas toast to the hospital in São Paulo where he has been hospitalized for a month. This is the health of the three times world champion it has gotten even worse and these are decisive hours. In addition to colon cancer, he also suffered 82-year-old ‘O Rei’ respiratory problems, heart and kidney dysfunctionsTherefore, he is in palliative care.
Also for this reason, her family began to gather last Thursday at the medical center and on Sunday morning, even without updating a daily medical report as usual, her daughter returned. Kelly what revealed how these painful moments cross the health of Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
“Almost everyone. Merry Christmas. Thank you, love, togetherness, family… The essence of Christmas. We thank you all for all the love and light you shine our way. In this crazy and extraordinary life, I would be nothing without them. Today and always: Merry Christmas, happy everything”Kely said in a post on her Instagram account.
In the photo accompanying the text, in addition to her, there are Pelé’s wife, Marcia Aoki, and the other two older children (including the former goalkeeper Edinho, who arrived at the San Paolo on Saturday), and some of their grandchildren, but the photo does not appear bed where the Brazilian star is in intensive care.
Just Edinho, current coach of the Londrina club, in the north of the country, was one of the last to join the family union, given that he was dedicated to his professional commitments. “I wish I was there, but I’m on my mission here. I’m not a doctor, I really couldn’t help much”he said in an interview published by the Estadao newspaper on Friday.
The 82-year-old former soccer player’s health has captured attention in Brazil since last Wednesday when the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo reported a worsening of the colon cancer he was diagnosed with in 2021 and said Pelé is to receive treatment related to “kidney and heart dysfunction”.
Kely herself shared a photo on Saturday evening of herself hugging the three-time world champion with the Seleçao in the hospital bed where he has been hospitalized since Nov. 29, and wrote: “We are still here, in the fight and in the faith. One more night together”.
With information from EFE
Source: Clarin
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