Mary Lou Retton shared an update on her health for the first time since before she became ill.
FILE - Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee Shannon Miller, right, stands with her presenter, Mary Lou Retton, in Oklahoma City on Nov. 16, 2017. Retton. 55, is in intensive care in a Texas hospital fighting a rare form of pneumonia, according to her daughter McKenna Kelley. Mary Lou Retton, who continues her road to recovery after being hospitalized because of pneumonia, shared an update on her health for the first time since before she become ill.
The American gymnastics icon was "fighting for her life" and unable to breathe on her own earlier this month, according to her family.
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