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'PLEASE GET YOUR KIDS A HELMET'
Mum’s heartbreaking video plea as her daughter fights for her life after skateboard accident
Distraught mum says "surgeons have prepared us for the worst" after teen bashed her head on a rock
A DISTRAUGHT mum has released a heartbreaking video plea for kids to wear helmets, as her teen daughter fights for her life in a coma after a skateboarding accident.
Georgia Fairthorne, 19, was visiting family in Wales when she skateboarded into a rock and smacked her head on the ground.
She suffered a fit after the impact last week and has been put in an induced coma.
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Georgia, from Bournemouth, was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered she had suffered two different types of bleed on the brain.
Her mum Emma, who moved to Pembrokeshire with Georgia's siblings a couple of months ago, has told how her daughter wasn't wearing a helmet when she had the accident.
She said: “I have reached the stage where I am no longer hoping for her to live, I am hoping for the best possible outcome.
“This is a head injury and this means that we are going to have a new Georgia and we have to make the best of it.
“The surgeons have prepared us for the worst which is the fact that she might die.
“But at the moment, she is stable. Her body is going through the healing process.”
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Doctors have put an intracranial pressure monitoring device, which they call a bolt, into Georgia’s head, which measures
the pressure on her brain, which Emma says continues to fluctuate.
She said that Georgia has given her some squeezing the hands of her mum and friends, but it is still early days.
Emma said that whatever the outcome, she hopes to start a campaign to ensure that people always wear a helmet when riding a skateboard, for which she will be looking to get sponsorship.
She is also considering lobbying Parliament about making it into a law.
Emma has set up a blog on Facebook called Georgia On My Mind using #DontBeVainProtectYourBrain and #4Geeb, a reference to her daughter’s nickname.
It was set up to keep friends, family and well-wishers updated and as of yesterday morning, she said that it has received one million page impressions.
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Georgia is a former pupil of The Grange School in Christchurch and has been working as a receptionist at Kaplan International College, based at Bournemouth University.
She was previously employed at the Arts University Bournemouth.
Georgia had been staying in Wales for a week and decided to extend her trip by an extra day to spend more time with her family.
They had taken lots of pictures together on the beach where they enjoyed walking, surfing and bodyboarding before the accident happened.
“The paramedics told us that at the time, they thought it was concussion.
“When we got to the hospital, she going in and out of consciousness.
“She said to me: ‘Oh mum it hurts’ and ‘I don’t want to go.’ I said to her: ‘Don’t worry, baby. I will hold your hand the whole time.’ Then they sedated and intubated her.
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Describing her daughter, Emma said: “She’s a real vintage lover. She’s happiest when she’s making or doing things and she’s always singing Disney songs.
“If you could meet a real life Disney princess, it would be her. We all love her so much.”
Emma said that she has not left the hospital since the accident happened on Friday night, alongside Georgia’s dad, Al, and his wife, Sammy, who live in Sherborne.
Georgia’s step-siblings, Amy and Bradley, are also continuing to ask after her.
“The love and support that we are receiving from all over the world at the moment is holding us up.
“I just want to spread the message that parents should not let their kids out of the house without a helmet, whether they’re going to use a skateboard, skates, a bike or a scooter.”
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