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Topic: Vonn said she almost lost leg

Posted By: A square 10
Subject: Vonn said she almost lost leg
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 11:38am

after the crash , complications were serious but they saved it and fixed it , but the surgeries were fairly major and the recovery will be long

she said it was complicated by compartment syndrome ,

i know a little of that as my daughter had that in both her legs and had surgery on both to relieve the condition in high school , she recovered and went on to play volleyball in college as well as some at olympics with other coaches when she was there coaching ,

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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 12:50pm

My father got his leg smashed up that badly when he was T-Boned by a car, when he was riding a motorcycle.

The cast went from ankle to collarbone & he wore it for almost a year with a couple of "changes". He always walked with a limp afterwards because they had to trim so much shattered bone off to find something solid to brace & bolt to. It ended up almost 1 1/2" shorter than the other one.

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