The road to an amazing recovery
May, 10 – Stephanie teaches English to a class of about 40 Vietnamese kids in the morning before her accident in Ha Long later in the day.
May, 11 – Stephanie’s parents Robert and Alison fly to Vietnam to be at their stricken daughter’s bedside. They face a battle with doctors to prevent them turning off Stephanie’s life support after they’d given her a 1% chance of survival.
May 12 – A fundraising page is set up on the GoFundMe website by Stephanie’s friend Khalid Gehlan to cover her £2000-a-day medical costs. The fund raised more than £100,000 in its first day.
May 13 – Stacey Inglis reveals her sister is in a “critical condition” and remains in a coma in hospital in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
Stacey says: “She’s in the fight of her life, but it’s one she will win.”
May 15 – The Sunday Post reveals that Stephanie was left in the back of an ambulance for three hours because of wrangling over money for her treatment. Insurer Debenhams said it wouldn’t pay out. Small print on Stephanie’s year-long travel insurance stated she wasn’t insured if she stayed in one country for 31 days or more.
May 20 – Stephanie’s chances of survival leap to 50%.
May 25 – Stephanie’s family reveal she’s battling pneumonia after being transferred to a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Doctors later wake her from a medically-induced coma.
June 1 – Friends say Stephanie is making vast improvements following brain surgery.
June 13 – Stephanie is flown back to Scotland to continue her treatment and rehabilitation.
June 17 – The judo star starts to speak again, saying “hi” to her mum.
June 21 – Doctors are stunned as Stephanie stands for the first time.
July 10 – Steph enjoys her favourite meal at, Nando’s, during a visit to the restaurant for her sister Stacey’s birthday.
July 24 – Stephanie gives her first interview – to The Sunday Post – since the horror crash.