Brazil icon Pele will spend Christmas day in hospital with an update released on his health confirming his cancer is worsening.
The 82-year-old is continuing to battle colon cancer and was hospitalised in Sao Paulo on November 29. An update on his condition has now revealed he requires care for cardiac and renal dysfunction and has also been treated for a respiratory infection.
An update from medical staff read: “Admitted since November 29 for a reassessment of chemotherapy therapy for colon tumor and treatment of a respiratory infection, Edson Arantes do Nascimento presents progression of the oncological disease and requires greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunctions.
