Osvaldo's family issue statement: “We're awaiting the results” | OneFootball

Dani Osvaldo’s family released a statement on Tuesday night, at the former striker’s request, about his health condition following the pleural effusion that required surgery. In addition to confirming that he remains in intensive care, the family sought to halt information it considers inaccurate and alarming. Regarding his clinical progress, it stated: “we are waiting for the results.”

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, 40, is hospitalized in a hospital in Llavallol, Buenos Aires, after being found at home by his sister in poor health and admitted to the facility on the night of September 24. The former footballer, who played for FC Porto in the first half of the 2015/16 season and was capped 14 times by Argentina, is, according to the family, “well and lucid.” The central message of the statement is one of reassurance, but also caution until there is an exact diagnosis.

The family began by thanking everyone for their concern, while also making a clear appeal to the media. At the heart of its response are reports it considers unverified about the circumstances of Osvaldo’s hospitalization and his clinical condition.

“We are issuing this statement at Dani’s request. First of all, we want to thank everyone who has been getting in touch out of concern, and, on the other hand, we earnestly ask the media to show due respect at this delicate time. Unfortunately, some have published many inaccurate and alarming versions without verifying the information,” the family said. “To reassure everyone writing to us, we want to clarify that Dani is well and lucid. It is not true that he was or arrived in a state of destitution; he arrived as anyone might after several days in pain and without an appetite. It is also not true that part of his lung was removed, that he has complications in his legs, that his situation is the result of substance use, among other unverified falsehoods that circulated (we reiterate, only in some media outlets, since most were extremely respectful and we are very grateful for that). He is in intensive care due to a pleural effusion. After several days with symptoms that were initially thought to be muscular or intercostal, what is popularly, rightly or wrongly, called fluid in the lung was detected. The doctors performed surgery to clean the area and, at this moment, we are waiting for the results.”

The statement dismantles, point by point, the reports that seem to have caused the greatest concern, without downplaying the clinical situation. The family thus distinguishes the seriousness of the hospitalization from the accounts it describes as false, making the ongoing tests the next decisive moment.

Those results, it explained, will be crucial to precisely identify the source of the problem and determine the next steps. Until then, waiting remains the dominant note.

“We were told that these results take some time, but they are essential to obtain an exact diagnosis—in other words, to put a name and a precise diagnosis to what he has—and thus define the appropriate treatment for the infection he has,” the family explained.

A pleural effusion is the excessive buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the outer membrane that covers it, the pleura. The available information therefore points to an evaluation phase in which the clinical results are essential to guide treatment.

The family had already assured last week that doctors acted in time in response to the pleural effusion in his right lung. In this account, the surgery appears as a swift response to the condition that was detected.

“The doctors intervened in time,” the family said.

That detail reinforces the cautiously reassuring tone adopted since then: Osvaldo remains in intensive care, but he is lucid and accompanied while an accurate diagnosis is sought. The former striker played for Huracán, Atalanta, Lecce, Fiorentina, Bologna, Espanyol, Roma, Southampton, Juventus, Inter, Boca Juniors, FC Porto and Banfield.

In the final part of the statement, the relatives turned their focus to those accompanying Osvaldo in the hospital and renewed their call for restraint in sharing information. Gratitude to the medical team was accompanied by an appeal for empathy toward those close to the former footballer.

“We want to take this moment to deeply thank the entire public healthcare medical team caring for him for their excellent work, dedication and kindness,” they stressed. “We ask, please, for caution and empathy when publishing or sharing information, always bearing in mind that, on the other side, there are family members and loved ones who are suffering. We are infinitely grateful for all the messages of support, affection and strength that constantly reach us. Dani’s family.”

Between correcting falsehoods and acknowledging the support received, the family draws a clear line: there is confirmed clinical information, there are tests still pending results, and there is a wait that demands respect.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.