Ben Gregory’s fiancee shares update as Team GB ace ‘won’t remember anyone’ after car crash | Other | Sport
Team GB and Wales decathlete Ben Gregory has taken his first breaths without assistance after he was hit by car while cycling, which left him in a coma. Gregory was fighting for his life after he suffered a horrific crash last month.
The 31-year-old was left in a coma as he suffered a fractured skull from the incident. In addition to the skull injury, the Welsh star has a fractured neck and multiple haemorrhages to his brain.
He has been on life support since the crash on August 19, and his fiancée Naomi Heffernan took to social media with a positive update on Gregory’s condition. She revealed he has taken his first breaths without assistance and should soon start to come out of his coma.
However, she added Gregory will have ‘no memory’ of his family and must ‘learn how to move again, obey commands, re-learn how to think and how to talk and walk’. On Instagram, Heffernan wrote: “The doctors said we are now out of the storm but what has seemed like the hardest two weeks of our lives are about to get harder.
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