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Updated: 02/16/2013 07:59:37AM

Struggling to recover

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Gabriel Welchman, of Prairie Creek Estates, rides his horse in this photo from his father’s Facebook page. Gabriel was injured a week ago in a horseback riding accident.

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Gabriel Welchman, of Prairie Creek Estates, rides his horse in this photo from his father’s Facebook page. Gabriel was injured a week ago in a horseback riding accident.

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Gabriel Welchman, of Prairie Creek Estates, rides his horse in this photo from his father’s Facebook page. Gabriel was injured a week ago in a horseback riding accident.

By GREG MARTIN

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PUNTA GORDA — One moment last Saturday afternoon, 13-year-old Gabriel Welchman of Prairie Creek Estates was cheerfully warming up his horse for an afternoon ride with his parents.

The next moment, he was lying unconscious in a Tampa General Hospital unit for traumatic brain injuries, with his parents at his bedside.

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