“My superb mother, Mary Lou, has a really uncommon type of pneumonia and is combating for her life,” she wrote in a publish to Spotfund, after launching a web-based fundraiser to cowl medical payments. “She isn’t in a position to breathe on her personal. She’s been within the ICU for over every week now. Out of respect for her and her privateness, I can’t disclose all particulars. Nevertheless, I’ll disclose that she [is] not insured.”
And as Mary Lou—who can be mother to daughters Shayla, 28, Skyla, 23, and Emma, 21, with ex-husband Shannon Kelley—continued to struggle for her life, her eldest youngster mirrored on how the gymnast’s followers rallied round her.
“Thanks guys once more for simply the assist,” Shayla mentioned in an Oct. 18 Instagram video. “I am getting so many messages and emails, and simply it is so nice to see individuals love on her.”