Overview
- Vonn says compartment syndrome developed after her Feb. 8 downhill crash and that Team USA orthopedist Dr. Tom Hackett performed an emergency fasciotomy that prevented amputation.
- She has undergone five surgeries across Italy and the United States and required a blood transfusion for low hemoglobin following significant surgical blood loss.
- Now discharged and back in the U.S., she is using a wheelchair in part because she also broke her right ankle and expects to move to crutches within weeks.
- Doctors estimate roughly a year for her left leg fractures to heal before addressing her previously torn ACL, with a later decision on possible hardware removal.
- In posts this week, she described the mental toll of recovery and reiterated she has no regrets about competing despite the pre‑Olympic ACL tear.