Overview
- The 41-year-old posted that she is finally home and still unable to stand after more than a week immobilized in a hospital bed.
- She was injured in the Feb. 8 Olympic downhill in Cortina, sustaining a complex fracture of the left tibia after a recent cruciate ligament tear in Crans-Montana.
- Vonn spent about a week at Ospedale Ca' Foncello in Treviso, where reports say she underwent four operations to reduce and stabilize the fracture.
- She was discharged Sunday, transported by stretcher to a plane in Venice, flown to the United States, and re-admitted to a hospital as she awaits another operation.
- In social posts she called the injury more serious than a broken leg, thanked Italian medical staff along with friends and family, and shared a hospital video filmed by her sister.