{"id":340346,"date":"2026-02-23T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lindsey-vonn-says-doctor-saved-her-leg-from-amputation-after-olympic-crash"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:53:19","slug":"lindsey-vonn-says-doctor-saved-her-leg-from-amputation-after-olympic-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lindsey-vonn-says-doctor-saved-her-leg-from-amputation-after-olympic-crash","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn Says Physician Saved Her Leg From Amputation After Olympic Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Lindsey Vonn<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Nearly Lost Her Leg After Crash<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Finally Out Of Hospital<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-02-23T08:03:49-08:00\"><br \/>\n               February 23, 2026<br \/>\n              8:03 AM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-ab455572cfd20e1f193261085bac729d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ec3e7cf0-22ef-4db2-878c-6fc8d9e38cc4-333063816-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ec3e7cf0-22ef-4db2-878c-6fc8d9e38cc4-333063816-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Amputation\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/98\/16by9\/2026\/02\/23\/98a251e020b940c9a00d11dca8aad17b_md.jpg\" alt=\"022326_lindsey_vonn_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Instagram\/@lindseyvonn<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab455572cfd20e1f193261085bac729d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78b828bb4cbdbb6127381fec20edc227\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It\u2019s been a brutal, two-week nightmare for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lindsey-vonn\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Lindsey Vonn<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 and now we know just how close she came to losing her leg.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78b828bb4cbdbb6127381fec20edc227--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b5c0567c5e39bae7921b3250b0652d24\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Olympic legend revealed Monday in an Instagram video she finally made it out of the hospital after suffering what she called the \u201cmost extreme and painful and challenging injury\u201d of her life &#8212; \u201ctimes a hundred\u201d &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/08\/lindsey-vonn-airlifted-olympic-crash\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>following her crash<\/strong><\/a> at the games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b5c0567c5e39bae7921b3250b0652d24--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-245e80243fba3446f5e322637b7fb91b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260220_898db65780a54572a789e471f45d29c9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:153bfc0f-e023-4f62-a5de-3c849001f5d3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/89\/4by3\/2026\/02\/20\/898db65780a54572a789e471f45d29c9_md.png\" alt=\"lindsey vonn sub getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-245e80243fba3446f5e322637b7fb91b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c751dcec97ca40751059518b2c11e76c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Vonn didn\u2019t hold back on the gruesome details \u2026 explaining she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/09\/lindsey-vonn-olympic-crash-complex-tibia-fracture\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>shattered her tibia<\/strong><\/a>, fractured her fibular head and tibial plateau &#8212; saying \u201ceverything was in pieces.\u201d But the real danger came from compartment syndrome, a condition where swelling and trapped blood can crush muscle, nerves and tissue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c751dcec97ca40751059518b2c11e76c--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-73f05d4dfe2b4f23ecddbeda3e269587\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>That\u2019s when <strong>Dr. Tom Hackett<\/strong> stepped in.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-73f05d4dfe2b4f23ecddbeda3e269587--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4138c51975b1b02ad8491a348e51b1ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to Vonn, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/11\/lindsey-vonn-surgery-broken-leg-photo-hospital\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>surgeon performed<\/strong><\/a> an emergency fasciotomy &#8212; cutting open both sides of her leg to relieve the pressure &#8212; a move she says saved her from amputation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4138c51975b1b02ad8491a348e51b1ea--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d0743811c17c8289943baa472f5eba08\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cHe saved my leg,\u201d Vonn said bluntly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0743811c17c8289943baa472f5eba08--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-70d81462e1dff109b3799e2961f7420b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260215_b5fef93057ec4ea09410e52977731273\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:153bfc0f-e023-4f62-a5de-3c849001f5d3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b5\/4by3\/2026\/02\/15\/b5fef93057ec4ea09410e52977731273_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey-Vonn-sub-ig-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-70d81462e1dff109b3799e2961f7420b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2448ff6b650ee262a7ea7230e6f69eb4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The six-hour<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/20\/lindsey-vonn-undergoes-final-surgery-remains-hospitalized\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong> surgery to rebuild it<\/strong><\/a> went well, but the aftermath was no cakewalk. Vonn revealed she lost so much blood she needed a transfusion &#8230; pain was \u201cout of control,\u201d and she remained hospitalized longer than expected.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2448ff6b650ee262a7ea7230e6f69eb4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e9e4ea83984859c46c5010704d64477\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/tmz-presents-michael-jackson-30-fatal-seconds-9c6cd4cc-0d7f-4d16-8cc0-48b4c7b86be1\"><br \/>\n             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/16by9\/2026\/02\/11\/4b574ef424304995a32d02d1bfd4372c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jackson-HULU-INLINE\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e9e4ea83984859c46c5010704d64477--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d7bdcd228e77180e8aa253ae39230b7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And as if that wasn\u2019t enough &#8212; she also broke her right ankle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d7bdcd228e77180e8aa253ae39230b7c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-33180a870c58e60a47e667b200a5c16b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Right now, Vonn\u2019s in a wheelchair and \u201cvery much immobile,\u201d expecting to spend at least two months on crutches before she can even think about walking normally.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-33180a870c58e60a47e667b200a5c16b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a8b20e73113921ef473099d67d4b839a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-ca440ed0-94e8-5abc-9e1e-4351eecf6f0b\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2017\/08\/22\/lindsey-vonn-ski-snow-slopes\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:ca440ed0-94e8-5abc-9e1e-4351eecf6f0b\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:153bfc0f-e023-4f62-a5de-3c849001f5d3\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ba\/4by3\/2017\/08\/22\/bae5c94dad385f88a519e30cc7eed580_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn Skiing\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a8b20e73113921ef473099d67d4b839a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6034dd501060d441188ec848a8b7ac33\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The full recovery will take much longer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6034dd501060d441188ec848a8b7ac33--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-95306e3b61717b35fc1ab11767545a5e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;It will take around a year for all of the bones to heal,&#8221; Vonn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVGlrZuDYhq\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>wrote in her post<\/strong><\/a>, &#8220;and then I will decide if I want to take out all the metal or not, and then go back into surgery and finally fix my ACL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-95306e3b61717b35fc1ab11767545a5e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-29fab24024ab4a727c80aa40c7f1ddcc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Despite the devastating end to her Olympic dreams, Vonn says she has \u201cno regrets\u201d \u2026 adding she\u2019d \u201crather go down swinging than not try at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-29fab24024ab4a727c80aa40c7f1ddcc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aa00e97629fcc527c4ad7bc0667bb7a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260215_96b2803e927a4238b3efd417a32dc81d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:153bfc0f-e023-4f62-a5de-3c849001f5d3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/96\/4by3\/2026\/02\/15\/96b2803e927a4238b3efd417a32dc81d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey-Vonn-sub-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aa00e97629fcc527c4ad7bc0667bb7a9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8938bc2777a394bb3983c5f241b45ce\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In true Vonn fashion, she vows to keep getting back up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8938bc2777a394bb3983c5f241b45ce--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e7edda5b8d14a68b7291412db589e968\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cIt really knocked me down,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I\u2019m like Rocky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e7edda5b8d14a68b7291412db589e968--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2343c7b967d32580bdfe568304df3299\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The comeback queen isn\u2019t done fighting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2343c7b967d32580bdfe568304df3299--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/23\/lindsey-vonn-leg-injury-amputation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey Vonn Nearly Lost Her Leg After Crash &#8230; 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