WATCH: We want to help Stephanie Inglis

MFR donates £2,000 to help Inverness judo star Stephanie Inglis

Published 20th May 2016

The sister of Inverness judo star Stephanie Inglis has given a heart-breaking interview on MFR's Ginno at Breakfast this morning.

Stacey Inglis told Ginno: "Every day I'm waking up, I'm still waiting for the phone call in the morning from my parents to tell me that my sister is still with us.

"Her numbers are up and they're down everyday. One day could be a good day, the next day could be a bad day.

"It's really going to be quite a long process. We're just all in shock."

BELOW: Stephanie won a silver medal at Glasgow 2014...

Stacey's 27-year-old sister remains critical in an induced coma at a hospital in Vietnam.

The Glasgow 2014 medallist is being treated for severe brain injuries after coming off a motorbike when her skirt got caught in a wheel last Tuesday.

A friend and fellow athlete, who set up an online fundraising campaign for the judoka, credited those involved in raising well over £200,000 to help pay for Stephanie's medical bills, for having "potentially saved her life."

Childhood friend and judo competitor Khalid Gehlan created the webpage for Ms Inglis because her travel insurance had been deemed invalid and her hospital stay was costing £2,000 a day.

Writing on the site, he said staff at the Hanoi hospital went from telling her parents Robert and Alison she had a one per-cent chance of survival, and advising them several times to turn off their daughter's life support, to giving "every resource" to help keep her alive.

He said: "Stephanie, although still in a critical condition, has made progress over the last five days, the doctors are now saying she has a 50-per-cent chance of making it through.

"She still has a very long way to go, a recent lung infection set her back, she is now on a seven-day antibiotic course and is being kept in a sterile room to prevent further infection.

"Her parents have said they are happy with the care she is now receiving, but even with that care the end outcome is still unknown."

He added: "Words cannot and never will be able to express the gratitude myself, Stephanie's family and many others have for what you have all done."

He urged people to continue donating, saying the cost of flying Ms Inglis home would be more than £120,000.

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