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Soccer's Maradona responding well to meds
Diego Maradona is responding well to treatment for heart problems and a lung infection, and doctors are considering whether to remove him from a respirator.
The 43-year-old soccer great was sedated Thursday, receiving antibiotics for pneumonia while doctors also treat a heart inflammation. They have said for days his prognosis is guarded.
"I'm happy that my father is getting a little better every day," said Dalma Nerea, 17, the oldest of Maradona's two teenage daughters.
Maradona, who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, was admitted to the Suizo-Argentina Clinic on Sunday because of chest pains.
Authorities said the emergency hospitalization was not drug-related. Maradona has been undergoing drug rehabilitation in Cuba for cocaine abuse.
Maradona was suspended from the Italian league while playing for Napoli in 1991 for 15 months following a positive test for cocaine.
Three years later, FIFA suspended him for 15 months because of a positive test at the World Cup in the United States. He retired from pro soccer in 1997. |
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