On September 4, doctors removed the colon tumor, previously detected during routine checkups.
The former Brazilian soccer star Pelé will return home “in two or three days” after undergoing treatment for a colon tumor at a hospital in Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil, his family reported.
“In two or three days he will return home to enjoy Christmas,” his daughter Kely, who lives in New York, wrote on Wednesday night on the Instagram network, along with a photo of her father smiling and her sister Flavia in the Albert Einstein Hospital.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, 81, “is stable and the forecast is that he will be discharged in the next few days,” the hospital reported on Wednesday, without specifying when he was admitted.
The daughters of King Pele, the only three-time world champion player (1958, 1962, 1970) in history, they indicated that the treatment he underwent was “scheduled months ago.”
“It is no surprise, it was already scheduled and is part of the treatment,” Kely added.
On Wednesday night, his other daughter, Flavia, also asked the fans of his father to “calm down”, since it is the “last visit of the year to the Einstein.”
With “treatment, follow-up tests and chemotherapy … my father only evolves,” he added.
“Thank you for everyone’s love … my father is great,” added Flavia in the message.
Considered by many the best footballer in history, King he was hospitalized for a month between August and September in that prestigious clinic in Sao Paulo.
On September 4, doctors removed the colon tumor, previously detected during routine checkups.
In announcing the medical discharge, on September 30, the Albert Einstein center said that Pelé would undergo chemotherapy treatment, which is often used for cancer patients.
Neither the doctors nor the former soccer player and his family have ruled on whether he suffers from this disease.
Since leaving the hospital, the former star, who claims his lauro as the highest scorer of all time (1,283 goals, according to his accounts), published several messages assuring that his health was improving. (I)
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