Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is out of intensive care and home to continue recovering from a bout with a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter confirmed in a social media post on Monday.
Published a year ago on Oct 25th 2023, 11:00 am
By Web Desk
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is home from the hospital and "in recovery mode," her daughter said on Monday, after a rare form of pneumonia left the former gymnast fighting for her life.
Retton, 55, has spent nearly two weeks in an intensive care unit where she was unable to breathe on her own.
"We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps," McKenna Lane Kelley, who is one of Retton's four daughters, said in a post on social media.
"We are overwhelmed with the love and support from everyone. Grateful doesn't scrape the surface of the posture of our hearts."
Nicknamed "America's Sweetheart," Retton's gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles captured the imagination of U.S. fans. Her hospitalization has prompted an outpouring of support.
A fundraising page set up by the family to help cover Retton's hospital bills was approaching $460,000 in donations on Monday. The family previously revealed that Retton is uninsured.
"Thank you Jesus, thank you doctors & nurses, thank you to this loving community of support," Kelley said.
Retton, 55, has spent nearly two weeks in an intensive care unit where she was unable to breathe on her own.
"We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps," McKenna Lane Kelley, who is one of Retton's four daughters, said in a post on social media.
"We are overwhelmed with the love and support from everyone. Grateful doesn't scrape the surface of the posture of our hearts."
Nicknamed "America's Sweetheart," Retton's gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles captured the imagination of U.S. fans. Her hospitalization has prompted an outpouring of support.
A fundraising page set up by the family to help cover Retton's hospital bills was approaching $460,000 in donations on Monday. The family previously revealed that Retton is uninsured.
"Thank you Jesus, thank you doctors & nurses, thank you to this loving community of support," Kelley said.
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