The family of a Dundee teenager who was given just hours to live after a horrific accident last year, have donated £1500 to the neurosurgery ward that helped him recover.
Jordan Phillips was just 19 when his car hit black ice on the B954 between Newtyle and Muirhead in December 2008, causing his car to plough down an embankment and hit a tree.
Jordan was left fighting for his life and on his arrival at Ninewells Hospital doctors placed him in a drug-induced coma.
However as they gradually reduced the medication they told his parents Sheryl and Norman to prepare for the worst, as he showed no signs of brain activity.Amazing recoveryFour days after Jordan’s accident his parents began organising his funeral, but the situation took a turn the next morning when a nurse shone a light into his eyes and got a response.
From there Jordan’s condition gradually improved with daily visits to intensive care from Sheryl, Norman and Jordan’s sister Jay.
After ten weeks of treatment, however, he still could not talk or move.
Jordan was then moved to the brain recovery unit at Royal Victoria Hospital where he had to learn to speak all over again.
He finally returned to the family home more than nine months after his accident, eight days before his 20th birthday on September 25.Generous donationTo thank ward 23B, the neurosurgery ward, Norman raised a magnificent £1500 with the support of friends and family in September’s Dundee Cyclathon.
Yesterday Jordan, Sheryl and Norman handed over five flat screen TVs and fans to the ward, bought with the money raised.
Ruth Jolly, ward 23B charge nurse , said, “I would like to thank Sheryl, Norman and Jordan for this very generous donation.
“These portable TVs and fans will make a huge difference to patients who often have to spend many weeks in hospital.”
The family of Jordan Phillips, a Dundee teenager who was given just hours to live after a horrific accident last year, donated £1500 to the neurosurgery ward that helped him recover.