Miracle Mum Is So Inspiring

A woman, 54, who suffered terrrible injuries in a horse-riding accident tells Joely Carey how she was determined to prove medics wrong and walk again

- Joely Carey

Straing up at the bright hospital lights above her bed, Juli Hogg felt tears stream down her face.

A doctor had just told her she was now paralysed and was unlikely to ever walk again.

Juli had broken her back in four places, partially severed her spinal cord, broken several ribs and had internal bleeding.

An experienced rider, she had been out near her home in September 2020 when the horse she was riding bolted, then stumbled, tipping Juli to the ground before it trampled her.

The 54-year-old mum of two said: “I knew I was badly hurt as I couldn’t move. But when a doctor told me he doubted I’d ever walk again, I was stunned then angry.”

Paramedics had taken her to Hull Royal Infirmary, where she was met by her husband Simon, 54, son Jackson, 25, and daughter, Eve, 23.