Teen put in coma after skateboard crash horror is awake and able to talk
Georgia Fairthorne, 19, has been fighting for life after suffering a seizure as her head hit the ground
A TEEN left fighting for her life after a serious skateboarding accident has spoken for the first time since waking from a coma.
Georgia Fairthorne, 19, suffered a seizure as her head hit the ground after falling off her skateboard while visiting her family in Wales at the start of August.
Doctors later found she had two different bleeds on the brain - and prepared the family for the fact that Georgia may die in hospital.
Her mum, Emma, said that she was not wearing a helmet when the accident happened.
As her teenage daughter lay unconscious in hospital she launched a blog, Sweet Georgia On My Mind, which has been seen by more than a million people across the world.
She calls for people to wear a helmet when riding a bike or skateboard, saying not wearing one could be a "life or death choice".
Despite being told Georgia may die, she hoped for "the best possible outcome" and used the blog to keep family, friends and members of the public updated on her daughter’s progress.
On Saturday evening Emma posted a video to the blog, in which she said that her daughter had spoken for the first time since the crash happened.
In the video, which has had around 70,000 views, she said: “We have just been onto the ward and we have had to let this settle in for a minute because it’s absolutely amazing.
“When we went back to the ward, they asked us to come in as she had been asking for me. She’s speaking. My baby is speaking. I’m so relieved.
“I went and sat next to her bedside and we hugged her and she cried.
“She’s whispering. She’s got a tiny little voice and is very croaky.
"She’s very weak, but she can move her hands and her feet. She’s moving her knees, her elbows and her shoulders.”
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Emma said she asked Georgia if it was okay to let people know how she is progressing in the care of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, which she agreed to.
She added: “This has been a horrific week for us all. With the tears that we have shed we could fill a swimming pool.
“I truly believe that all the prayers and best wishes that people have sent has saved my baby.”
Emma previously said that she hopes to start a campaign to ensure that parents make their children wear a helmet when riding a bike, scooter, skates and a skateboard.
In response people have posted onto the blog to say that they hadn’t previously considered wearing a helmet, but have since been out to purchase one for themselves and their family.
In addition, an online Go Fund Me page has been set up to collect donations towards provisions that Georgia may need in the future, which has topped £4,500.
Emma has said on her blog that it has been mentioned to her that this may need to be spent on a wheelchair, hoist or profile bed for her daughter.
However, she hopes that part of the money can be spent on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday for her daughter to celebrate her recovery.
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