Pele’s daughter Kely Nascimento has refuted the rumours going around that her father is dead, saying “he is recovering well and within normal range. Promise!,” she had said in a post on Friday.
The Brazilian and football legend, Pele 80 who was transferred briefly on Friday to an intensive care unit in Albert Einstein hospital a Sao Paulo hospital where over a breathing difficulty, underwent an operation in September.
“After breathing difficulties”, Pelé was “transferred preventively to an intensive care unit and, once his condition stabilized, the patient was placed in semi-intensive care,” the hospital said. Pelé had been operated on September 4 in this establishment for a “suspicious” tumor in the colon discovered during routine examinations.
He remained in intensive care until September 14, before being transferred to a normal room. His situation is considered “stable from a cardiovascular and respiratory point of view”. He “continues to recover from his abdominal surgery.”
A “normal scenario”
Previously, Pele’s daughter had assured on Instagram that Pelé “is recovering (is) well”, trying to reassure his many fans. “This is the normal recovery scenario for a man his age. After an operation like this, sometimes you take two steps forward, one step back.
Yesterday he was tired and he took a step back. back. Today he took two steps forward, “Kely Nascimento wrote.
“He is recovering well, in normal conditions, it is promised!”, She insisted in this message illustrated with a photo of her next to Pelé all smiles, wearing a black sleeveless down jacket , on his bed at Albert Einstein hospital where he was admitted on August 31.
“This photo was taken a moment ago. He is wearing a puffer jacket because there is a lot of angst in the world these days and we don’t want to add to it,” Pele’s daughter wrote.
The health of the one many consider the greatest footballer of all time has been fragile in recent years, with several hospitalizations. The last dates back to April 2019, in Paris, due to a severe urinary tract infection. Back in Brazil, he had a kidney stone removed.