Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton battling pneumonia in intensive care
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton battling pneumonia in intensive care
Retton's daughter, McKenna Kelley, made an appeal for help, saying the legend does not have medical insurance.
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Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton has been battling severe pneumonia in a hospital intensive care unit, daughters of the famed American gymnast said.
A Tuesday post on a crowd-funding page by Retton's daughter, McKenna Kelley, characterized the Hall of Fame gymnast as being critically ill. Another daughter confirmed the illness to NBC News.
On the crowd-funding site, McKenna Kelley wrote: "My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life. She is not able to breathe on her own. She’s been in the ICU for over a week now."