The Olympian is currently recovering at home with her family after being hospitalized with a “very rare form of pneumonia”
Mary Lou Retton has issued her first official statement since she was hospitalized in the ICU with pneumonia earlier this month.
“I’m beyond blessed to have the opportunity to make this statement,” she wrote on Instagram, speaking out for the first time since her health scare. “I am overwhelmed with all the love and support from the world as I fight. I am forever grateful to you all!”
Earlier this month, Retton’s daughter McKenna Lane Kelley revealed that her mother had been hospitalized and was battling a “very rare form of pneumonia.” Kelley provided regular updates on her mother’s condition, including a “scary setback” just a week before she was released from the hospital. She also disclosed that…
