LATEST NEWS (Saturday morning, July 13): “Laura is now breathing with a mask and talking with her family for short periods. She is very tired and sleeping most of the time.”
For further updates go to Laura’s website.
The British event rider Laura Collett will stay under sedation over the weekend as doctors remain concerned about the lung injuries she sustained in a cross country fall last Monday.
The 23-year-old, who is based on the Membury Estate near Ramsbury, was taken taken to Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit afrer her fall. She “has injuries consistent with being crushed, the injury causing most concern is the damage to her lungs.”
A statement on her website (Friday morning, July 12) said she would continue to be “sedated and kept incubated so the lungs can recover”.
The statement continued: “We can confirm that she has no injuries to her limbs and all tyestes to her head and brain have been clear. When in lighter sedation she is very responsive.”
Last Sunday Laura Collett was at the Barbury International Horse Trials giving a dressage display on former racing great Kauto Star and riding in the three star cross country event.
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