The Magic Cookie| Miraculous Horse Stories

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This horse story depicts the miraculous recovery of the author from a severe accident. Read and know how her Saddlebred horse helped her survive …

The Magic Cookie | Miraculous Horse Stories

By: Ashley Bleas

My name is Ashley and I’m fifteen. When I was six, I suffered a near drowning. One afternoon, I was brought along with my neighbors to go fishing after my mom’s friend had died. While my neighbors were putting a worm on my hook, I had seizure and slipped into the water. When they found me I was unconscious. At the hospital my parents were told that I most likely wasn’t going to survive. I was in a coma and the doctors were unsure about massive brain damage.

My parents were told to prepare funeral arrangements and before they left, my dad bent down and whispered something in my ear. The next morning I had awakened from my coma after a week and was asking a question over and over again. “Am I really going to get a pony”? As it turns out, my dad had said the day before “If you wake up I’ll buy you your pony”. Miraculously that morning the x-rays showed that I no longer had pneumonia and showed no signs of brain damage. I was having problems with my mobility, but was able to walk within days. I now have an American Saddlebred gelding called The Magic Cookie, his barn name is Monty. I show him in equitation and I believe that without horses, I wouldn’t be alive today. Monty’s favorite treat is drinking cherry coke out of a can. He is my miracle horse; he helped me survive and gave me something to believe in.

Ashley Bleas