Oh my goodness! Must have been a heck of a fall for someone only in their 30's to cause a spinal break! Praying that God will give wisdom / skill to the doctors, and prevent any permanent damage from occurring to her spinal cord, and to heal her quickly so she can return to her family who needs her!
The gals in this family run big. I'm no skinny pinny. They are quite a bit bigger than me. I fall quite a bit (figured average of one every six months). I put my arms out. Broke my arm one January, right next to the elbow. Went home and stayed there until April because the Doctor said if I injured it any more I would have to have surgery. He didn't even cast it.
Last fall I had in late October, messed up the arthritis in my hands so bad (what I fell on was my hands to break the fall), that I wound up with cortisone shots in both hands and it has helped some. Oddly, it was exactly a week after the actual fall that my hands acted up.
Ashley didn't relate the details of Deanna's fall, so I don't know how or what transpired.