A story to tell, followed by a question:
On the Second of August my sister-in-law Laurie, my brother Jim, my niece Jessica and I were gathering cows off of Vega State Park near Collbran, CO. The park had asked us to do this even though the cows weren't ours. Laurie's horse was stung by ground bees (we later found welts from about 45-50 stings) and ran off with her. The horse ran onto some pavement leading to a campground in the park and while kicking at his belly caused Laurie to fall off of him. He fell down two strides later and rolled completely underneath another horse. He was later found to have a few cuts and bruises and major road rash and is on his way to a complete recovery.
Laurie on the other hand was badly injured. She had a split vertebra in her neck, which luckily did not paralyze her. She has two broken arms, and had to have surgery in her right forearm to put in two plates and fourteen screws. Sadly those were the least of her injuries. When she hit the pavement her head struck as well. This caused bleeding between her brain and her skull. This pressure caused her to lose control of basic functions and memory. Luckily after two weeks in Intensive Care, and another few days in a regular room in the hospital she was released to come home. The doctors said that being home would help her recover faster. She is recovering a lot faster, and is supposed to get one of the two casts pulled off of her arms.
My question is this: Does anybody know of a way for me to try and get the family ranch some help? With the hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, the farm's already been foreclosed on, and we're about to lose the house and everything else. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
On the Second of August my sister-in-law Laurie, my brother Jim, my niece Jessica and I were gathering cows off of Vega State Park near Collbran, CO. The park had asked us to do this even though the cows weren't ours. Laurie's horse was stung by ground bees (we later found welts from about 45-50 stings) and ran off with her. The horse ran onto some pavement leading to a campground in the park and while kicking at his belly caused Laurie to fall off of him. He fell down two strides later and rolled completely underneath another horse. He was later found to have a few cuts and bruises and major road rash and is on his way to a complete recovery.
Laurie on the other hand was badly injured. She had a split vertebra in her neck, which luckily did not paralyze her. She has two broken arms, and had to have surgery in her right forearm to put in two plates and fourteen screws. Sadly those were the least of her injuries. When she hit the pavement her head struck as well. This caused bleeding between her brain and her skull. This pressure caused her to lose control of basic functions and memory. Luckily after two weeks in Intensive Care, and another few days in a regular room in the hospital she was released to come home. The doctors said that being home would help her recover faster. She is recovering a lot faster, and is supposed to get one of the two casts pulled off of her arms.
My question is this: Does anybody know of a way for me to try and get the family ranch some help? With the hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, the farm's already been foreclosed on, and we're about to lose the house and everything else. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
