Lindsey Vonn has introduced that her beloved canine Leo handed away simply someday after she acquired right into a horrifying ski crash throughout her Olympics run.
The 41-year-old embellished skier suffered a fancy tibia fracture in a horrific crash throughout her Girls’s Downhill occasion final Sunday (February 8).
That very same day, she says her canine took a flip for the more severe after being identified with most cancers. He handed away the following day (February 9).
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She posted, “Leo has handed away and joined Lucy and Bear up in heaven 🪽 This has been an extremely exhausting few days. In all probability the toughest of my life. I nonetheless haven’t come to phrases that he’s gone… The day I crashed, so did Leo. He had been just lately identified with lung most cancers (he survived lymphoma a 12 months and a half in the past) however now his coronary heart was failing him. He was in ache and his physique may not sustain along with his robust thoughts.”
She continued, “As I layed in my hospital mattress the day after my crash, we stated goodbye to my large boy. I had misplaced a lot that meant one thing to me in such a brief period of time. I can’t imagine it. My boy has been with me since my second ACL harm, once I wanted him most. He held me on the couch as I watched the Sochi Olympics. He lifted me up once I was down. He layed by me, and cuddle me, at all times making me really feel secure and cherished. We have now been by means of a lot collectively in 13 years.”
She added, “It’s going to be some time earlier than I emotionally course of issues however I do know he’ll at all times be with me. I do know he’s up there with Lucy and Bear and my mother and grandparents and so many individuals I’ve misplaced up to now few years. And I takes solace realizing he’s not in ache anymore. There’ll by no means be one other Leo. He’ll at all times be my past love.”
She added, “Heading in for extra surgical procedure immediately. Will likely be considering of him once I shut my eyes. I’ll love you ceaselessly my large boy 🤍”
Our ideas are with Lindsey throughout this time, and we’re wishing her effectively as she continues recovering.