“It was a bad accident, it was a very bad accident,” Cuoco said.
The “Big Bang Theory” star, 37, shared on“It was a bad accident, it was a very bad accident,” she told co-hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes.
The fall itself didn’t break any bones, she explained, but she was seriously injured when the horse stepped on her leg. “I remember clear as day, because it takes a second when something is that bad," she said. “I was like, ‘Did I just fall on a whole thing of leaves?’ Because I heard all the cracking. … It took me like five or 10 seconds to actually realize it wasn’t just 400 leaves, it was my bones.”
Cuoco said she suffered a compound fracture of her tibia and fibula, the two bones that connect the ankle to the knee, causing the bones to pierce through the skin of her lower leg.She said she underwent surgery following the gruesome accident. Before going under anesthesia, she had to sign a release allowing doctors to amputate her leg if needed.
Luckily, doctors were able to save her limb, and they inserted pins and rods in her leg that remain there to this day.She added that while doctors didn’t think she would walk for three months, she was “walking in a week with a boot,” and was back to filming “The Big Bang Theory” within two weeks.is known for her love of horses and other animals.
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