Five days after his condition was described as “clinically unstable,” Brazilian football legend Pele was out of intensive care Tuesday and walking around as he recovers from a kidney problem.

“The patient … is doing well without medical complications. He is able to walk around his room,” the Albert Einstein clinic in Sao Paolo said in a statement.
“Following clinical analyses, resuming renal assistance was not necessary,” it added.

Media reports said Pele requested a guitar to strum as he continues his convalescence.

The clinic said 74-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pele, is now receiving “semi-intensive” care but remains in the same bed as previously.

The hospital said further kidney tests will be conducted on Wednesday.

Pele was “lucid and eating well” without breathing difficulties while receiving antibiotics intravenously, the hospital said.

The clinic suspended renal assistance on Sunday, six days after the three-time world champion was admitted.

Initial tests showed that Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was suffering from a urinary infection requiring antibiotics.

Last Thursday, the hospital said the man nicknamed ‘O Rei’ (the king) had been placed in intensive care after his condition became “clinically unstable,” alarming his fans.

Some Brazilian media reported that Pele had septicemia, a blood infection, after he failed to respond to treatment.

But on Friday the clinic said he was responding to antibiotics while the star insisted via social media he had simply been moved to another room for more privacy.

Pele has only one kidney after the other was removed following complications from a rib injury he suffered while playing for the New York Cosmos in the 1970s, his agent Jose “Pepito” Fornos toldAFP over the weekend.

A hospital spokesman told AFP that Pele had received a flood of get-well-soon messages from well-wishers via social media.

And the GloboEsporte website said the former star was not just up and about but had asked for a guitar to be brought to his room.

Pele underwent kidney stone surgery in the same clinic on November 13 and was discharged two days later, joking to reporters that “I’m ready to play tomorrow” and winding down his car window to greet fans.
Source: .com.ng

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