''I love you, Mum and Dad''
A young Donegal man who suffered a horror fall from a bridge in Australia has awoken from a coma on his 21st birthday and told his parents “I love you, Mum and Dad.”
Shaun Dunworth was rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital on Sunday morning July 29th with major trauma and brain injuries after falling off the Sydney Harbour Bridge onto a concrete underpath, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.
And straight away, his parents made the journey from their home in Ramelton Co. Donegal to arrive at his bedside two days later and kept a bedside vigil in his room.
And amazingly on Monday last, his 21st birthday, Shaun opened his eyes and spoke to them.
Shaun has successfully undergone a number of key surgeries on his pelvis and face and as he sat on the side of his bed on his 21st birthday he hugged his parents as they shed tears of joy.
And in even better news in the past 24 hours Shaun has been taken off life support, and is out of intensive care.
The young Donegal man must now undergo MRI scans.
However, his family say he is well aware of his surroundings and his responses have been very positive and they are all very hopeful for his future progress and return home.
Speaking to The Independent, Shaun's Aunt Geraldine Magee revealed that his first words upon seeing his parents were ‘Mum and Dad, I love you.”
We wish Shaun all the best in his recovery!
