GRASS LAKE, Mich. (WXYZ) – A Michigan nurse is staying positive despite a horseback riding accident that left her paralyzed, turning her world upside down.
Dawn Rammage and Brianna “Bri” Engel met while working as nurses at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. Sparks flew, they dated, got engaged and then married in 2019.
Things were great, especially for Rammage, who loves her wife, nursing and horses. She began horseback riding at age 16 and is a farrier, someone who works on horse hooves.
Life was going to plan until a couples horseback ride on June 8 turned disastrous.
“I was about 10 steps from getting off and being done. And, for whatever reason, the horse bucked pretty good twice and sent me into a spiral,” Rammage said.
She hit the ground head first. She didn’t lose consciousness while she flipped through the air, and that’s when she …