Source: David Livingston\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nKelley didn’t give many details when she initially announced that Retton was in the hospital, but she did say that her mother didn’t have insurance, so she started a Spotfund page to raise money for the medical expenditures. She requested $50,000, and as of Monday night, they had received $459,304.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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