Maradona has been retired and will remain hospitalized: he has had episodes of confusion

Doctor Leopoldo Luque said Maradona, 60, “agrees” with the therapists’ diagnosis. He did not specify the origin of the abstinence.

Argentine sports star Diego Maradona suffered from episodes of confusion, associated with a withdrawal condition, in the postoperative period of surgery due to a head bruise on Tuesday, for which he will remain hospitalized for several days, his doctor said. , Leopoldo Luque.

“We have seen that Diego has had episodes of confusion in the postoperative period. Together with the treatment doctors we associate him with a condition of withdrawal. In line with the treatment doctors, we believe that treatment for withdrawal should be done. This will not last long. . how many days, “said Luque, one of the surgeons who participated in the successful operation to remove the clot, at a press conference this Thursday evening 5-N.

Luque said Maradona, 60, “agrees” with the therapists’ diagnosis. The doctor did not specify the origin of the withdrawal.

The emblematic former captain of the Albiceleste team has publicly stated on several occasions that he has not used cocaine for years. According to relatives and the press, she is addicted to alcohol.

“Diego is very well. The tomography went well. We were also dancing. Yes, we danced,” said Luque, who had previously stressed that the former Albiceleste captain wanted to “leave” as soon as possible from the Olivos sanatorium. north of Buenos Aires, where he was operated on and was hospitalized.

Since the pandemic was declared, the former Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata player and coach has been confined to his home because he was an at-risk patient with a history of addictions and heart disease.

Maradona has been suffering from discomfort and instability for some time and doesn’t even look good when he went to the gymnastics stadium on Friday, his birthday, and retired without seeing the match with Patronato (he won 3-0). On Monday he was hospitalized in La Plata, south of Buenos Aires and the next day he was transferred to the Olivos clinic, where he was operated on.

“Excellent recovery”

It seemed before the world champion in Mexico-1986 was preparing to be discharged. His doctor had been dealing with the “10” anxiety of going home after showing a recovery which he described as “surprising”.

“We are very happy, he can walk, he talks to me, he is much clearer. It is very early, but the recovery is excellent. The control tomography was excellent,” said Luque at noon Thursday.

Twenty-four hours after the operation, the doctor indicated that Maradona “has no neurological compromise” and congratulated himself on “a recovery that amazes us”.

Maradona was hospitalized on Monday in La Plata, 60 km south of the capital, due to anemia and dehydration, until a subdural hematoma was detected in a tomography, for which he was transferred to Olivos to undergo surgery. .

Philosophy of life

His personality has always been a tough challenge for the professionals who have treated him in his many health episodes.

“I see Diego with concern. You have to evaluate everything he has, not just the hematoma. It turns out, it will have no consequences. He should be rehabilitated, but he will have to change his philosophy of life a bit”, warned Alfredo Cahe, doctor Maradona’s staff for 30 years, between 1977 and 2007.

Cahe, who was close to him when ‘Pelusa’ suffered from addictive heart and respiratory ailments that put him on the verge of death in 2000 and 2004, said his former patient “has something manic depressive and is ambivalent”.

“You have to insist and insist with Diego, be constantly by his side and it is important to seek help. I have always thought that with him a single weapon is impossible, he is 60 years old, it is not easy, and the fact of getting out of this operation is not very good. it means the success of nothing, “he said.

Scrum familiar

Cahe also referred to the “environment”, a factor much criticized by Dalma and Gianinna, the two daughters they had by ex-wife Claudia Villafañe, from whom she divorced in 2003 after 24 years together.

“Diego has always had a pathological environment and has never been aware of it. We have to keep in mind that Maradona has been fighting with his environment for years, it’s not just a current problem,” he added.

His former representative, Guillermo Cóppola, felt that “Maradona needs a family scrum with Dalma and Giannina in the lead to take the reins. With (his other children) Jana (24) and Diego Junior (34). love from truth “.

The three daughters accompany him to the sanatorium. Diego Junior, who lives in Italy, announced on Instagram on Thursday that he tested positive for covid-19 and is symptomatic that he will not be able to go to Buenos Aires yet to see his father.

The former player is also the father of Diego Fernando, 7 years old.