Overview
- Vonn disclosed the near-amputation Monday in an Instagram video recorded from a hotel after roughly two weeks in the hospital.
- She said compartment syndrome developed in her left leg, triggering a six-hour fasciotomy performed by Dr. Tom Hackett.
- The crash on Feb. 8 occurred about 13 seconds into the downhill when she struck a gate and left the course.
- She reported multiple fractures to the tibia, fibular head and tibial plateau in the left leg, plus a fractured right ankle and a preexisting torn left ACL.
- Doctors administered a blood transfusion after significant blood loss, and she says she is using a wheelchair with hopes to move to crutches in the coming weeks.