>>623644
It is not that serious if they just crack and don't cause any internal damage. They may crack and pierce lungs etc.
Problems occur with old people as they have 0 healing factor and their doctor is a 3rd world immigrant that has PhD in head-cutting, in 1st world hospital full of black and brown beans that don't know how to wash their hand and smear MRSA and other AB resistant bugs all over the place.
As some fractures require surgical procedures to straighten the ribs to allow them to heal, things can get infected.
Given that she didn't die on spot it wasn't that bad, but children blood transfusions are all time low rn and she might kick the bucket a month later.
We don't know how bad things actually are. Given she was assaulting by a nazi-wood assault-stair and had 20 inches of wood rammed up her chest, she may just die tomorrow.