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Mary Lou Retton Reveals She’s Still ‘Vulnerable’ Following Battle With Pneumonia in Health Update
Olympian Mary Lou Retton said her health is still 'vulnerable' after her near-fatal pneumonia battle, adding she doesn't know 'what the future holds' for her.
Get back to the Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is grateful to be alive after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia last fall. “I am blessed to be here because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support,” Mary Lou, 55, told Today ’s Hoda Kotb on January 8. “I didn’t know what was wrong with me,” Mary Lou said, recalling how she lay on her bedroom floor struggling to breathe.
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