FRIENDS of a Scottish Judo star injured in a horror crash in Vietnam say they have begun making plans to bring her home.
Commonwealth medallist Stephanie Inglis is recovering in a hospital in Bangkok after suffering serious head injuries when she fell from a motorcycle taxi last month.
An update posted to the saveSteph Facebook page set up to raise money for her treatment said she has undergone a brain scan which showed that the 27-year-old was well enough to start the process of returning to the UK.
Earlier this week Ms Inglis emerged from a coma and reached out to hold her father Robert's hand. The statement revealed she has also begun to respond to commands to move all her limbs and is fully aware.
The statement said: "Stephanie was asleep most of today due to the sedation she received prior to her MRI, however this evening she was moving her feet legs arms and hands.
"But more critical she was responding to requests to do so, [her mother] Alison asked her to lift her leg and she did, move your right hand and she did feet, ankles, hands, and fingers she moved when asked to.
"This shows she is now fully aware but not fully in control. Stephanie is very weak and the immense effort it takes her to make these small movements is hard to comprehend, but every day a little bit more and there is no doubt now she is not just fighting but she is giving 100 per cent effort in attempting to recover from this devastating accident."
Ms Inglis was travelling to work teaching English in Ha Long when the accident happened on May 12.
Doctors in Vietnam gave her a one per cent chance of survival but last week she was deemed well enough to be transferred to the hospital in Bangkok.
More than 6,800 people have donated more than £280,000 to a fundraising campaign set up by Ms Inglis’ childhood friend and judo competitor Khalid Gehlan to help pay for her medical bills as her travel insurance had been deemed invalid and her hospital stay was costing £2,000 a day.
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