“Will My Parents Be With Me…?”: Simone Biles Recalled Terrifying First Surgery Experience in Her Book

Simone Biles dedicated most of her childhood and adolescence to her sport and got to where she is today. Given her achievements in her sport, it is easy to say that she is a GOAT gymnast who has won 7 medals for her country including 4 gold medals.

Biles began training at eight and won her first gold at sixteen. Simone Biles once spoke about an operation she had to undergo and the fear that surrounded her.

Simone Biles talks about her first operation

In her autobiography “Courage to Depart”, Biles said as she fell short of one of her acts and pinched her ankles. Biles felt stabbing pains in her ankles during sequences or when she was tired.

Her parents decided to have an operation on her ankle and this would be Biles’ first operation. The 25-year-old gymnast was terrified of the idea and doubted she would ever return to her sport. she asked The doctor, “Will my parents be with me when I wake up??”

Doctors said her parents would not be allowed in because they wanted her to come out of the anesthetic on her own. Although Biles couldn’t have her parents with her, she kept her Christmas blanket during the surgery.

Biles had to let go of something else

After the operation, gall woke up and snuggled into her blanket. Doctors discharged her shortly thereafter with some painkillers and an orthopedic shoe. Biles was also put on crutches for a few weeks after her treatment.

Another thing Simone Biles had to let go of because of her surgery was her newly pierced belly button ring. Biles had to remove the ornament to prevent her from being electrocuted during treatment.

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The gymnastic GOAT only got her belly ring two days before the operation. She said that she and her mother did a lot of research into where to get her piercing from. After reading good reviews, they completed an artist and got it done.