(Ocean Road) – When Scott Painter first opened his eyes more than three months after a brain injury and multiple strokes, he couldn’t talk or move
Had he really gone from driving a tractor on his family’s farm, to a coma on life support in ICU? “I ended up spending more than a year in hospital, it was brutal,” he said.
“Some of the staff there were great, but I did have some health professionals say to me: ‘I’ve seen heaps of people like you – you’ll never eat again, or walk again’, and that’s not exactly something a 17-year-old wants to hear when they’re so early in life. CONTINUE