Very bad news.
Pelé's cancer is "progressing" and the Brazilian football legend requires "greater care to treat kidney and heart failure", the Sao Paulo hospital where he was treated announced on Wednesday.
“King” Pelé, 82, was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital on November 29 for a reassessment of his chemotherapy treatment after the detection of a colon tumor in September 2021. “Pelé presents with disease progression and requires more extensive care to treat kidney and heart failure,” the doctors explain in their health bulletin.
“Our Christmas at home fell through”
The Brazilian remains hospitalized "in a normal room, where he receives the necessary care", continues the establishment.
A few minutes before the publication of this press release, two of Pelé's daughters, Kely Nascimento and Flavia Arantes, had announced on their Instagram accounts that their father would be spending Christmas in the hospital.
“Our Christmas at home fell through.
We decided with the doctors, that, for various reasons, it is better to stay here, with all the care provided by our new family (of the Albert) Einstein hospital ", can we read in this message, illustrated with a photo of the two smiling sisters.
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