A BOURNEMOUTH teenager who was left in a coma following a skateboarding accident has returned to the family home.

Georgia Fairthorne, 19, who came off her skateboard at the start of the month while visiting her mum and siblings in Wales, is now recuperating at home. She was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

When the Daily Echo initially spoke to her mum Emma, a few days after the accident, she had been told by doctors that her daughter may not pull through after two separate bleeds on the brain were found by doctors, which led them to put her into an induced coma.

Just a few weeks later, her daughter is able to eat, drink, text and write and most importantly for her, leave hospital care.

Emma was keeping friends, family and the public updated via a Facebook blog entitled Georgia On My Mind, which kept a record of the former Grange School pupil’s condition while in the care of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, which received over one million page impressions.

This has now been taken down to allow her daughter to take control of what information she wishes to share about herself.

Speaking on the happy news of Georgia’s safer condition, Emma said: “The NHS and the public’s support has helped her. I’m struggling to come to terms with it as I’m dealing with what I saw when she was in hospital.

“It has been crazy. We have received over 600 messages from people. The TV programme, This Morning, got in touch and Georgia loves Holly Willoughby. I thought if I could tell her that Holly wants to meet her it may give her another reason for her to keep getting better.”

Members of the public could also donate to a Go Fund Me page towards Georgia’s recovery which raised £4,597, which Emma says has been transferred to Georgia’s bank account.

She went on to say that doctors have estimated that it will be around two years before they can see if there is any long term damage caused to Georgia’s brain.

In the short term, Georgia still has a floating part of her skull, which needs to fuse back to the rest of her head.

Emma went on to say that she will continue to campaign for people to wear helmets when riding a bike, scooter or skateboard.

“I was really honest with Georgia throughout and said ‘The world is listening and everyone is now wearing a helmet because of you’.

“I know places near to us that have sold out of cycle helmets near to us so I know my pleas are doing something.

“She’s being very brave. She is humbled and thankful of the support. I have told her that I am going to be with her every step of the way.”