One gallop at a time, people in Northeast Wisconsin are using horses as a way to cope and recover from traumatic injuries.
"I just see this calm being who is there to help and provide endless love and therapy," said Jeanna Giese, who used horse therapy to recover from a rabies infection.
Giese was bit by a bat and had a severe rabies infection that left her in a coma for 14 days.
"I was 4 hours away from dying," Giese said. "The doctors put me into a coma and my own immune system fought off the disease."
Her road to recovery was long and not smooth. She found horses as a way to calm her down and build her strength back up.
"I had to re-learn how to walk and talk and eat" she said.
This weekend, the Meadowood farm held a fundraiser where the public could donate money so they can continue to use horses to help people. The farm is known for using horses to help those in need.
"When the horse looks them in the eye, and then they have that interaction with the horse, it is just something completely different for them," said Marc Holm, the farm owner.
The fundraiser was held on Saturday, but people can still donate.
