82-year-old Brazilian football icon Pele’s cancer has reportedly worsened, and his family members have gathered at his bedside at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo on Christmas Eve.
Pele has been in the hospital since November, and doctors have said that his cancer has worsened to the point where he requires renal and cardiac dysfunction care, according to Channel NewsAsia.
He has been receiving treatment since a tumour was found and removed from his colon in September 2021.
Pele’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, shared a photo of their family on Instagram and captioned it:
“We always have a lot to be thankful for, even spending Christmas in the hospital, we are aware of the privilege it is to be in a hospital like @hosp_einstein.
To see our dad being treated by these professionals, super competent and extremely caring. Not a moment goes by that we forget this privilege.
Even in sadness we can only be thankful. Thank you for being together, thank you for all your affection, thank you that I can be here now with him.
Merry Christmas. Lots of health, lots of love, lots of joy, lots of laughter and lots of passion, today and always, for all of you. Another night with him