Olympian Mary Lou Retton home from the hospital and in 'recovery mode' amid battle with rare pneumonia

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Five-time Olympic medalist Mary Lou Retton is back at home after her family revealed earlier this month that the gymnastics icon was "fighting for her life" after suffering from a rare form of pneumonia.

McKenna Kelley, one of Retton’s daughters, shared the update on social media Monday, adding that Retton is now in "recovery mode." 

Mary Lou Retton, former Olympic Gold Medalist in Women's Gymnastics, looks on during the 2009 Tyson American Cup at the Sears Centre on February 21, 2009 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.  (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

"Mom is HOME and in recovery mode. We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps," she wrote in the post on Instagram. 

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"We are overwhelmed with the love and support from everyone. Grateful doesn’t scrape the surface of the posture of our hearts." 

She continued, "Thank you Jesus, thank you doctors and nurses, thank you to this loving community of support." 

The update comes just days after Shayla Kelley Schrepfer, Retton's daughter, said that her mother had suffered a "scary setback" while still in the ICU. 

UNDATED: United States gymnast Mary Lou Retton performs, circa 1980s. (Robert Riger/Getty Images)

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"Basically at the beginning of this week, we were going on the up and up," Schrepfer said in a video posted to Instagram on Thursday. "We were so excited seeing so much progress. And then yesterday, we had a pretty scary setback."

Schrepfer did not elaborate on the setback but did say that Retton was "really