Retton's daughter, McKenna Kelley, made an appeal for help, saying the legend does not have medical insurance.

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.”

  • @silverbaxEnglish
    23•1 year ago

    ‘Rare form of pnuemonia’ -> it’s COVID and she’s unvaccinated.

    • Heresy_generator
      28•1 year ago

      It seems very suspicious that she could afford this home but didn’t have health insurance. As if not having health insurance was a choice she made rather than a circumstance of her life.

      • GhostalmediaEnglish
        13•1 year ago

        This sure wouldn’t be the first famous athlete on earth to blow their money and get into financial distress come middle age.

      • @44razorsedge
        -2•1 year ago

        Ummm, so it’s somehow her fault? Victim-blame much?

    • Kalkaline
      20•1 year ago

      How do you know she’s unvaccinated? Can you share some context for that statement?

    • @logicbomb
      9•1 year ago

      I hope what you’re saying isn’t true, because first of all, calling COVID pneumonia “rare” would seem like an outright lie to me.

      But secondly, Retton was a hero to a lot of people, and it would be such a shame if this sort of stupidity became a blemish on her history.

    • @44razorsedge
      6•1 year ago

      “…a very rare form of pneumonia…” so that equals COVID? Go back to reddit, where facts don’t matter and speculation reigns supreme.