Five-time Olympic medalist Mary Lou Retton is hospitalized in the intensive care unit battling a rare form of pneumonia.
Mary Lou Retton’s daughter ‘overwhelmed’ by support with Olympic legend ‘fighting for her life’The family of former Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton shared some good news Saturday: the 55-year-old former gymnast is making “remarkable” progress as she“Mom’s progress is truly remarkable! Prayers have been felt and have been answered,” Kelley wrote. “Although she remains in the ICU, her path to recovery is steadily unfolding.
Donations have poured into a fundraiser the family set up to help offset Retton’s medical expenses after the family said she didn’t have medical insurance.Nicknamed “America’s Sweetheart,” Retton was 16 when she became an icon of the U.S. Olympic movement during her gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles.
The native of Fairmont, West Virginia, also won two silver and two bronze medals at those Olympics to help bring gymnastics — a sport long dominated by powers like Romania and the Soviet Union — into the mainstream in the U.S.
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Olympic Legend Mary Lou Retton Battling Rare Form of PneumoniaOlympic icon Mary Lou Retton is in intensive care with a rare type of pneumonia and “not able to breathe on her own,” her daughter said on Instagram.
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Mary Lou Retton's daughter 'overwhelmed' by support with Olympic legend 'fighting for her life'In an Instagram post, her oldest daughter Shayla Kelley Schrepfer said that she hadn’t realized how many people “love her just as much as we do.”
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Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton is in intensive care with pneumoniaOlympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton has pneumonia and is in intensive care in a Texas hospital. Retton's daughter, McKenna Kelley, shared Retton's condition in an Instagram post.
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Family of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton says she is making 'remarkable' progressThe family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making “remarkable” progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia. McKenna Kelley, one of Retton’s four daughters, posted on Instagram that the 55-year-old Retton’s breathing is becoming stronger and her “path to recovery is steadily progressing.
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Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton making 'remarkable' progressFormer Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is making 'remarkable' progress in her fight against a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter Shayla Schrepfer wrote on social media on Saturday.
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Family of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton says she is making ‘remarkable' progressThe family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making “remarkable” progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia.
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