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Olympic gold medalist and legendary U.S. gymnast Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” in an intensive care unit battling a rare form of pneumonia, according to a spotfund account set up by her daughter, McKenna Kelley.
According to the post, Retton has been in the ICU for “over a week” and has not been able to “breathe on her own.”
“My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life,” Kelley wrote on spotfund.
She did not provide further details out of respect for her mother’s privacy, but did mention that Retton was uninsured. Kelley ended the post by asking for prayer.
Retton, 55, is one of the greatest gymnasts in American history and made her biggest mark on the sport during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
She won five medals during the Summer Games that year, which included gold in the individual all-around competition, a first for any American woman.
Olympic gold medalist and legendary U.S. gymnast Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” in an intensive care unit battling a rare form of pneumonia, according to a spotfund account set up by her daughter, McKenna Kelley.
According to the post, Retton has been in the ICU for “over a week” and has not been able to “breathe on her own.”
“My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life,” Kelley wrote on spotfund.
She did not provide further details out of respect for her mother’s privacy, but did mention that Retton was uninsured. Kelley ended the post by asking for prayer.
Retton, 55, is one of the greatest gymnasts in American history and made her biggest mark on the sport during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
She won five medals during the Summer Games that year, which included gold in the individual all-around competition, a first for any American woman.
