Parents thank generosity of public for saving the life of their daughter
An outpouring of generosity saved the life of a Scots judo star who was saved from the brink of death following a horrific motorcycle accident in Vietnam.
Commonwelath silver medallist Stephanie Inglis, 27, was flown to Scotland this week after being given a 1% chance of survival following life-threatening injuries as a result of the accident.
A donations page set-up to help fund her treatment abroad raised over £300,000 which allowed Stephanie to access hospital treatment which kept her alive her parents said.
Alison and Robert Inglis said she was in a "stable" condition and told of their relief at having her back in Scotland.
She would not be here if it was not for you
Robert said: "To get her home, we never thought we would get her home, it's a miracle, we are so happy to be home."
Her mother said: "When the money started coming in we were blown away. Every donation, every post shared, everyone of you has saved her life.
"She would not be here if it was not for you.
"They would not do anything in the hospital without you signing for it. Every day we have lived in fear, we couldn't eat, we couldn't sleep, we couldn't talk."
"We knew we had to get her back because the fear was if we ran out of money then the treatment would stop.
"She's stable. They're running tests on her and keeping her in quarantine because of where she's flown in from.
"It is too early to say what they are expecting but it's looking good and we are confident."
Stephanie, who grew up in the Highlands but has been living in Dunfermline, had been transferred to Bangkok from a hospital in Vietnam where the accident happened on 10 May.
She won a silver Commonwealth Games medal at Glasgow 2014 and had been in Vietnam for about four months teaching underprivileged children when she suffered serious head injuries after her skirt got caught in the rear wheel of a motorcycle taxi.
After arriving at Edinburgh Airport in an air ambulance on Monday, Stephanie was taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital where she was been receiving care in a specialist unit.
She was flown from Thailand where she was treated in a Bangkok hospital for a serious head injury and also infections, including pneumonia.
