Lindsey Vonn's latest update following her devastating crash and resulting surgeries may be the most vulnerable that we've seen her yet, but the skier is still staying in high spirits.
In a lengthy Instagram video, posted Monday, the famed skier shared the complete extent of her injury following her crash and ACL tear earlier this month and how ultimately her doctor "saved my leg from being amputated." "He did what's called a fasciotomy where he cut open both sides of my leg, kind of 'filleted' it open so to speak, let it breathe, and he saved me," she shared.
"I always talk about how everything happens for a reason but if I hadn't torn my ACL, which I would have torn anyway with this crash, if I hadn't done that, [Dr. Tom Hackett] wouldn't have been there," she added. "He wouldn't have been able to save my leg, so I feel very lucky and grateful for him, for the six hour surgery he put in on Wednesday to rebuild it."
The Olympian, who has three medals from competing over the years, also shared that she spent more time than expected in the hospital due to blood loss "from all the surgeries" and pain that was "out of control."
Vonn, 41, is now out of the hospital and transferred to a hotel, she said in her update, however she's in a wheelchair and has a long road of recovery ahead of her.
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"I'm very much immobile," she said. "I'll be in a wheelchair for a while because I also broke my right ankle, so I hope I can be on crutches in a little bit, but we'll see and [I'll] probably at least be on crutches for two months, but I'm going to get right to work on rehab and see what I can do and take it one step at a time like I always do."
Getting emotional at times, she also admitted that, "it was definitely not the way I wanted to end my Olympics but it's been really inspiring to watch my teammates. Watching Team USA dominate has been really uplifting."
"I wish it had ended differently but I'd rather go down swinging than not try at all," she said. "This year was incredible and so worth everything and I worked really hard to get back and it was so worth it and this was just one blip on the radar its one thing that i wish didn't happen, but life is life and we have to take the punches as they come. So I'm going to do the best I can with this one."
"It really knocked me down but I'm like Rocky, I'll just keep getting back up," she added.
And when she is back up, there's a certain Dancing with the Stars pro that's looking to have her as a partner if she's looking for a new venture. ? SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox ?
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