Pele he is not alone. O Rei, 82, has been hospitalized since the end of November at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo for complications related to colon cancer that he was diagnosed with a year ago. At his side, on Christmas day, however, were his children Kely, Flavia, Edinho, Joshua and Celeste as well as his wife Marcia Aoki. To testify it, with a photo on his Instagram account, really Kelly Nascimento: “There are always many things to be thankful for, even spending Christmas in the hospital we are aware of the privilege it is to be in a hospital like this, to see our father cared for by these super competent and extremely loving professionals. Not a moment goes by without forgetting this privilege. Even in sadness, we just have to be grateful. Thank you for being together, thank you for all your love, thank you for being here with him now. Merry Christmas, “wrote Kely who then concluded:” Lots of health, lots of love, so much joy, so much laughter and so much passion, today and always, for all of you. One more night with him”.
The latest medical bulletin on O Rei’s conditions, in hospital since November 29, dates back to last Wednesday and let it be known that the former champion would also have to remain hospitalized at Christmas due to “progression of the oncological disease” and the need for “more treatments related to renal and cardiac dysfunction”.
