Disaster on Skyline

On New Year's Eve day, my mom and I were going (horse) riding with our friend Curt at Skyline Ridge open space preserve. When we got there we all got out of the truck to get the horses out of the trailer. The first horse came out perfectly. Then, my mom went into the trailer to push out the second horse. But, he was not untied, as he was supposed to be. He started to back out of the trailer, but his rope became taught. He sat on his back legs and then lunged forward. His front legs went up, then down, and his hoof went right down into my mom's face. She was bleeding by her hairline her, right eye, and her left eye. Our friend Curt helped my mom at first. About five minutes later, an Open Space ranger drives into the parking lot. When she looked at my mom she decided to call the fire department. About five minutes later, two fire trucks came in, followed by two additional rangers. They decided to take her to Stanford Hospital. Then, the sheriff and an ambulance arrived. Shortly after the ambulence left with my mom, Curt and I took the horses back to the barn and from the barn we would go to Stanford. When we got to Stanford Hospital my mom was almost ready to go home. They told us that she had a broken nose and they gave her stitches in three places. The next day she had two horribly black eyes, a swolen nose that was various shades of yellow, green, and mulberry which matched the shirt she was wearing perfectly. Talk about accessorizing!

Today, she has big purple things under her eyes.