Funviralpark Doctors said this week that Pele’s cancer is progressing and he needs care related to kidney and heart failure. rice field.
Pele has undergone regular treatment since the tumor was removed from his colon last September.
“Almost everyone. Merry Christmas. Gratitude, love, unity, family,” his daughter Kelly Nascimento wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of the family in the hospital.
“The essence of Christmas. Thank you for all the love and light you have sent.”
Pele’s son Edinho, who played in goal for Santos in the 1990s, posted a photo of himself holding his father’s hand on Instagram on Saturday, writing: “Dad…my strength belongs to you.” Added a caption.
The hospital did not mention Pele’s signs of a recent respiratory infection, exacerbated by COVID-19.
Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported last weekend that doctors had decided to put him in palliative care after Pele’s chemotherapy had failed. Pele’s family denied the report.
Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.
