Overview
- Lindsey Vonn was discharged from Treviso’s Ca’ Foncello hospital, taken by ambulance to Venice’s Marco Polo airport, and flew home accompanied by a medical team.
- She wrote on X that she has been immobile in a hospital bed for more than a week and, though not yet able to stand, said it feels great to be back on home soil.
- Her injury is a complex tibia fracture treated with an external fixator after four operations in Italy, which her surgeon described as a medically delicate situation that has been stabilized.
- Vonn posted that her leg is still in pieces and said she looks forward to the next U.S. operation, where the fixator is expected to be removed to allow more movement.
- Before departing, she left the stuffed animals she received as gifts to the hospital’s children’s ward, and publicly thanked Italian staff, family, friends, and her team.