Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital where she is being treated \u201cand then I can potentially leave and go back home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vonn posted a video message on Instagram on Friday after her horrific crash in the Olympic downhill race at the Milan Cortina Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey guys, I just wanted to give you a little update and say thank you so much to everyone that has been sending me flowers and letters,\u201d Vonn said, adding that she has also received stuffed animals, including a shark pillow that she was resting her head on in the video. \u201cIt\u2019s just been so amazing and really helped me a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been quite a hard few days in the hospital here. I\u2019m finally feeling more like myself. I have a long, long way to go. Tomorrow I\u2019ll have another surgery and hopefully that goes well and then I can potentially leave and go back home, at which point I will need another surgery. Still don\u2019t know exactly what that entails yet until I get some better imaging, but it\u2019s kind of where I am right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd yup, that\u2019s a bruise under my eye,\u201d Vonn added in a written message in her post. \u201cAlmost gone though!\u201d<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old Vonn crashed 13 seconds into her run during Sunday\u2019s race and was airlifted off the course by helicopter. The American skiing standout said late Monday she had suffered a \u201ccomplex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said on Wednesday<\/a> that she had a \u201csuccessful\u201d third surgery.<\/p>\n