Complications occurred while battling colon cancer… Severe heart and kidney dysfunction
The news is that Pelé, one of Brazil’s best soccer players, is in critical condition. It is known that his family stayed by his side during the Christmas holidays at the hospital where he was hospitalized for cancer.
On the 24th (local time), foreign media such as the Associated Press cited social media posts made by Pelé’s sons (real name Edson Aranchis do Nacimento, 82) and reported that they would be by Pelé’s side during the Christmas.
Pele, who discovered cancer in his right colon in September last year, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and continues to battle the disease. At that time, after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor, he went back and forth to the hospital to undergo chemotherapy.
Complications such as heart failure, general edema and delirium have since occurred since November of this year, and he has been hospitalized and recently received respiratory care for a bronchial infection which was assumed to be a confirmed COVID infection -19. Some have raised the possibility of cancer metastasis, but Pele and the hospital have not disclosed a clear treatment process.
Over the weekend, Brazilian media reported that Pele’s health deteriorated and that he would spend the Christmas holidays in hospital. That’s because the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, where Pele was being treated, said in a statement at the time that he “needed intensive care due to kidney and heart failure.”
On the 24th, Pele’s son Eginho (real name Edson Cholby Nacimentu) revealed that he visited his hospital room by posting a photo of him holding Pele’s hand on Instagram with the words “Father who gave me the force”. Also on the 23rd, the previous day, Ajinu denied the news of his serious illness and said that he would not go to the hospital where his father was hospitalized during the Christmas holidays.
On the 23rd, Pele’s daughter Kelly Nacimentu said on Instagram the day before: “We continue to move forward with struggle and faith here. He also posted a photo of himself with Pele lying in a hospital bed with the caption “Another night together”.
Pelé led Brazil to World Cup victories in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and scored 77 goals, the most of any Brazilian national team player. This is Neymar’s last goal and draw record at the World Cup in Qatar.
