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Victorian jockey Laura Lafferty has opened up on rebuilding her health and life following a fall that left her in an induced coma. The 25-year-old fell off The Praised One from the lead of a 1400m race at Ballarat in October, sent tumbling as the rest of the field made its way past her. Lafferty suffered two collapsed lungs, Grade 4 lacerations to her liver and spleen, severe body bruising, concussion, a broken foot and two broken ribs.
” Still “so thankful” for trackside paramedic Mick saving her life, Lafferty said she and her family do not relive the accident itself. “It’s still pretty new, pretty raw,” she said. “My biggest challenge is definitely mentally coming to terms with not being able to even run, let alone work. “That’s why I’m putting steps in place to be able to get through the next 12 months, just doing a course at RMIT, setting those goals, booking physio every week just gets me through every week.
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