Female gymnasts become like rock stars
I have been following the news of former gymnast Mary Lou Retton’s very serious illness and I was happy to learn that she has been able to go home from a month’s long hospital stay.
From what I’ve read Retton was suffering from a rare form of pneumonia and for a time was really fighting for her life. One of her daughters has been quoted as saying the former gymnast is now in the “recovery mode.”…