Nurse Paralyzed After Spinal Fracture from Horseback Riding Accident [Video]

A Michigan woman became paralyzed last month after being bucked from her horse during an outing with her wife.

Dawn Rammage, of Grass Lake, a nurse at the University of Michigan Hospital, had emergency surgery on June 8 following the accident, according to a GoFundMe page created on her behalf.

The horse Rammage was on saw a chicken in a coop, prompting the horse to buck and causing Rammage’s fall. The resulting neck fracture and spinal cord injury left Rammage paralyzed from the shoulders down. 

In an interview with ABC affiliate WXYZ from a hospital bed, Rammage, who is also a farrier, said she was completing her ride at the time of the accident.

“For whatever reason, the horse bucked pretty good, twice and sent me into a spiral,” Rammage told the outlet.

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