Tough times for the golden sporting couple see Grant Kenny striving to keep their family strong.
Lisa Curry-Kenny is facing an uphill fight to regain the perfect life she once had, amid an ongoing health crisis and a deadly chopper crash that has rocked her famous family.
This time last year Aussie sporting icon Lisa seemed to have it all. The former Olympic swimmer enjoyed excellent health, wealth and a blissful home life on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with her husband of 22 years, ironman legend and Olympic kayaking bronze medallist Grant Kenny, and their three children.
Then, five months ago, the 46-year-old mum discovered she was suffering from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle which was causing an irregular heartbeat, and underwent surgery to implant a defibrillator.
But despite the success of the surgery, last month Lisa was readmitted to Brisbane’s Wesley Private Hospital. At the time of going to press she was still in seclusion, on a drip to fight a stubborn infection linked to the implanted device…
See this week’s Woman’s Day for the full story (on-sale September 22, 2008)
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