Continuing to improve, Brazilian great Pele to remain off kidney support treatment

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FILE - In this June 15, 2014 file photo, soccer great Pele poses for photos during the inauguration of the Pele Museum, in Santos, Brazil. Soccer great Pele isn\'t showing signs of the urinary tract infection that prompted his hospitalization and doctors said they will suspend kidney treatment. The Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, that the 74-year-old Pele remains in an intensive care unit, but his condition was constantly improving. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)

SAO PAULO – Doctors say Pele is in good condition and will remain off kidney support treatment.

The Albert Einstein hospital says the 74-year-old Brazilian great was reevaluated on Monday and doctors decided not to put him back on the hemodialysis that had been needed to help support his only kidney.

The treatment was suspended on Sunday but doctors said it was possible that Pele would need the hemodialysis again depending on how his body responds.

The hospital says Pele remains in an intensive care unit but is “lucid” and “stable.”

The three-time World Cup champion was hospitalized early last week after being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection that stemmed from a Nov. 13 surgery to remove kidney stones.

The hospital says the antibiotic treatment continues to work.

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