Dugald's back from the brink and fully recovered after brain injury

Aug. 15, 2012, midnight

INSPIRING: Inverell farmer Dugald Storie is back to enjoying life with wife Anna and kids Emma, George and Angus after a remarkable recovery from a serious brain injury. Photo: Robert Chappel 150812RCA007

SEVENTEEN months ago, Dugald Stories life hung in the balance when he had a serious accident on his property near Inverell.

But after months of rehabilitation and hard work, Mr Storie is now back to 100 per cent.

His story of recovery has been highlighted as part of Brain Injury Awareness Week and has seen him join the Wall of Fame at Tamworth hospitals transitional living unit, Kameruka, this year.

To have his story selected for the Wall of Fame was something Mr Storie hoped would inspire others as they faced similar challenges.

When I was doing my treatment in Tamworth Id read some of those stories, and gosh, some of those guys were so brave and so strong ... so to be asked to do this, I feel deeply honoured, he said.

In March last year, Mr Storie was working on his property with a friend when he was hit in the head by a piece of steel from a grain bin while preparing for a sorghum harvest.

He was rushed to Inverell hospital and put in an induced coma, then airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle for emergency surgery.

The accident bruised Mr Stories brain, shattered his skull above the left temple, cracked his brow, cracked the floor of his skull and shattered the right side of his skull, leaving him with post-traumatic amnesia for four weeks, a few days of delirium and a ruptured left frontal sinus.

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Dugald's back from the brink and fully recovered after brain injury