Pele Leaves ICU After Surgery To Remove Suspected Tumor

Soccer star Pele has been ill lately. (File)

Sao Paulo:

Brazilian soccer legend Pele left the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital on Tuesday after present process surgical procedure for a suspected colon tumor.

“The affected person Edson Arantes do Nascimento is in good scientific situation and has left the intensive remedy unit. He might be recovering in a room,” the Albert Einstein Hospital stated in its newest medical bulletin.

“I proceed each day happier, with quite a lot of disposition to play 90 minutes, plus further time. We might be collectively quickly!” Pele wrote on Instagram, thanking followers for “hundreds of loving messages”.

On Monday evening considered one of his daughters, Kely Nascimento, gave an replace on her father’s well being on social media, accompanied by a close-up picture of the smiling 80-year-old soccer mega-star.

“He’s doing properly submit surgical procedure, he’s not in ache and is in a great temper (irritated that he can solely eat jello however will persevere!),” Nascimento wrote.

“He’ll transfer into a daily room within the subsequent day or two after which go house.”

Her father “is robust and cussed and with the assist and care of the good workforce at Einstein and all the love, power and light-weight that the world is sending, he’ll get by way of this!” she wrote.

The suspected tumor was detected throughout routine exams, in keeping with the hospital, the place Pele has been present process therapy since August 31.

Thought-about by many to be the best footballer of all time, Pele has been ill lately, and has had numerous stints within the hospital.

The one participant in historical past to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970), Pele burst onto the worldwide stage at simply 17 with dazzling targets, together with two within the ultimate towards hosts Sweden, as Brazil received the World Cup for the primary time in 1958.

“O Rei” (The King) went on to have one of the vital storied careers in sport, scoring greater than 1,000 targets earlier than retiring in 1977.

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