Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy – Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg in an Italian hospital on Saturday, “and then I can potentially leave and go back home.”
Vaughn posted a video message to his followers on Instagram on Friday Horrible accident in Olympic downhill race At the Milan Cortina Games.
“Hey guys, I just wanted to give you a little update and say a big thank you to all the people who have been sending me flowers and letters,” Vaughn said, adding that she’s also received stuffed animals, including a shark pillow that she was resting her head on in the video. “It’s been amazing and really helped me a lot.
“It’s been a tough few days here in the hospital. I’m finally feeling like myself. I still have a long way to go. I have another surgery tomorrow and hopefully it goes well and then I can potentially leave and go back home, at which point I’ll need another surgery. Until I get some better imaging, I still don’t know exactly what’s involved, but that’s where I’m at right now.”
Vaughan is being treated in a hospital in Treviso.
“And yes, it’s a bruise under my eye,” Vonn added in the text portion of her post. “Almost gone though!”
Vonn crashed 13 seconds into the race during Sunday’s race and was airlifted off the course by helicopter. The 41-year-old American skiing standout said late Monday that he “Complicated tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to heal properly“
She said on Wednesday that she Had a “successful” third surgery.
Nine days before Sunday’s crash, Vonn had torn the ACL in his left knee in another crash. Even before this, all eyes were on him as a feel-good story heading into the Olympics for his comeback after almost six years of retirement.
In her latest post, Vonn said she is “pretty much sedentary, but I have a lot of friends and family coming to visit me.”
“I feel very lucky and fortunate to have so many people around me that have really helped me get through this, so I just want to say thank you and go to Team USA,” Vonn said. “It’s great to see and it really lifted my spirits. Good job, team, and keep crushing it. I’ll be asking you guys whenever I can.”
