- Kely Nascimento posts picture of her father in hospital on Instagram.
- Pelé, 82, is being treated at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in So Paulo.
- His daughter said he’ll be hospitalized during the holidays with a illness.
The daughter of Brazilian football star Pelé posted a heartfelt tribute and image of her father at the Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in So Paulo on Instagram late on Friday.
“We continue to be here, in fight and in faith. One more night together,” wrote Kely Nascimento.
Her words were displayed next to a picture of her cuddling up to her father, who was lying in a hospital bed. Sophia, Pelé’s granddaughter, is also visible in the image.
Nascimento announced earlier in the week that her father would be hospitalized throughout the holiday season.
According to a hospital statement, Pelé, 82, was hospitalized on November 29 for a respiratory infection and “re-evaluation of the chemotherapy treatment over colon cancer detected in September 2021.”
Nascimento has already expressed gratitude to well-wishers for their tributes and encouraging remarks.
According to hospital updates from earlier this week, Pelé’s condition had gotten worse and he would now need more care as a result of the cancer’s growth.
“Our Christmas at home has been suspended,” Nascimento wrote in a post on Wednesday. “We decided with the doctors that, for various reasons, it would be better for us to stay (at the hospital), with all the care that this new family … Einstein gives us!!” added Nascimento.
Nascimento claimed that Pelé had Covid-19 despite receiving “all doses” of the vaccine after being hospitalised in November, and that the chemotherapy had made him more brittle, causing him to get a lung infection.
Pelé, who was widely regarded as one of the best soccer players in history and was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, competed in four World cups, winning three of them (in 1958, 1962, and 1970), and scoring 12 goals in 14 games.
In 1,363 games over the course of his professional career, he also scored 1,281 goals.
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