Sunday, Apr. 28, 2024

Jan Byyny Returns Home

Jan Byyny, who suffered a serious fall while competing in the Pine Top Horse Trials (Ga.), has returned home.

As a result of the accident, Byyny suffered a minor stroke that damaged the language area of her brain. She is fully able to comprehend speech but is unable to verbalize.

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Jan Byyny, who suffered a serious fall while competing in the Pine Top Horse Trials (Ga.), has returned home.

As a result of the accident, Byyny suffered a minor stroke that damaged the language area of her brain. She is fully able to comprehend speech but is unable to verbalize.

At the end of her two-week hospital stay, Jan spent a week in outpatient therapy at Walton Rehab in Georgia before returning home to Virginia. She will receive regular speech and physical therapy while she recovers.

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“We’re looking forward to a lot of speech therapy,” said Jo Byyny, Jan’s mother. “She is enjoying being out of the hospital.”

 

 

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