Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital treating her “and then I can potentially leave and go back home.” Vonn posted a video message on Instagram on Friday following her horrific crash in the Olympic downhill race at the Milan Cort ina Olympics. “Hey guys, I just wanted to give you a little update and say thank you so much to everyone that has been sending me flowers and letters,” Vonn said, adding that she has also received stuffed animals, including a shark pillow that she was resting her head on in the video. “It’s just been so amazing and really helped me a lot. var pymParent = new pym.Parent('olyLink3790', 'https://visuals.otsops.com/projects/milan-links-generator/visual-link.html?link=https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/vonn-crashes-olympic-downhill-milan-cortina-2026title=Vonn%20crashes%20in%20Olympic%20downhill%20at%20Milan%20Cortina%202026rand=3790image=https://images.nbcolympics.com/sites/default/files/post/short_form_video/2026/02/08/oly26_asdwh_hlf_7209_vonn_run_260208.jpg?impolicy=rect_medium_1024_576', {title: '', parenturlparam: '', parenturlvalue: ''}); “It has been quite a hard few days in the hospital here. I’m finally feeling more like myself. I have a long, long way to go. Tomorrow I’ll have another surgery and hopefully that goes well and then I can potentially leave and go back home, at which point I will need another surgery,” she said Friday. “Still don’t know exactly what that entails yet until I get some better imaging, but it’s kind of where I am right now.” Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso. More coverage 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Feb 8 Frame-by-frame photos show what led to Lindsey Vonn's devastating Olympic crash Alpine Skiing Feb 8 WATCH: Lindsey Vonn crashes out in women's downhill 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Feb 8 Before Vonn's crash, Iranian coach called the American her ‘superhero' — and hoped to get her pin var pymParent = new pym.Parent('olyLink5350', 'https://visuals.otsops.com/projects/milan-links-generator/visual-link.html?link=https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/top-moments-womens-olympic-team-combined-downhilltitle=Top%20moments%20from%20women%27s%20Olympic%20team%20combined%20downhill:%20Bella%20Wright%20doesn%27t%20finishrand=5350image=https://images.nbcolympics.com/sites/default/files/post/short_form_video/2026/02/10/oly26_aswcd_hlf_7330_downhill_260210.jpg?impolicy=rect_medium_1024_576', {title: '', parenturlparam: '', parenturlvalue: ''}); ...read more read less