CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital treating her ''and then I can potentially leave and go back home.''
Vonn posted a video message on Instagram on Friday following her horrific crash in the Olympic downhill race at the Milan Cortina Games.
''Hey 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,'' Vonn said, adding that she has also received stuffed animals, including a shark pillow that she was resting her head on in the video. ''It's just been so amazing and really helped me a lot.
''It has been quite a hard few days in the hospital here. I'm finally feeling more like myself. I have a long, long way to go. Tomorrow I'll 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't know exactly what that entails yet until I get some better imaging, but it's kind of where I am right now.''
Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso.
''And yup, that's a bruise under my eye,'' Vonn added in a written message in her post. ''Almost gone though!''
The 41-year-old Vonn crashed 13 seconds into her run during Sunday's race and was airlifted off the course by helicopter. The American skiing standout said late Monday she had suffered a ''complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly.''
She said on Wednesday that she had a ''successful'' third surgery.
