Miracle as young boy wakes up from a coma two weeks after he was run over by a car after stepping off his school bus
- Harrison Grey, 8, was hit by a car when he ran out from behind a school bus
- After two weeks in a coma he has woken up and is undergoing rehabilitation
- Domino’s pizza shops in Darwin, Palmerston and Karama raising funds for him
A young boy critically injured when he stepped off his primary school bus and was hit by a car has miraculously woken from his coma – but is suffering amnesia.
Harrison Grey, 8, was on his way home from school about 3pm on December 6 when it’s understood he ran out from behind the back of the bus onto the road at Bees Creek in south-east Darwin.
He spent fifteen days in the ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital in an induced coma before being moved to a different ward on December 21 and waking from his coma just before Christmas.
He is now undergoing rehabilitation at a specialist South Australian paediatric neurology clinic where the eight-year-old is learning to talk, eat and walk again in addition to managing his ‘post traumatic amnesia’.
Harrison Grey (pictured) has woken from a coma after being hit by a car but is now undergoing an extensive rehabilitation
The boy’s parents Paula Apostles and Dean Grey are ecstatic over his miraculous recovery but admit it will be a very long road to get Harry back to his old self.
‘His long term prognosis is still unknown… Stay strong my boy you can do this,’ Ms Apostles wrote to Facebook.
She also said she wanted to raise awareness about road safety.
‘School holidays are starting and everyone needs to be aware of kids being out and about on or near roads and car parks more,’ she said.
Family friend Casey Speirs organised a GoFundMe to help his family with their ongoing medical bills and said the family was extremely grateful to the community for their support.
The appeal has raised more than $14,000 with Ms Speirs adding any extra funds not needed for treatment would go to Royal Darwin Hospital’s ICU team.
Local Domino’s pizza stores are also organising their own fundraiser by donating $2 from every pizza sold this Wednesday January 11 towards his rehabilitation.
He was on his way home from Bees Creek Primary School when he was struck by the vehicle on Bees Creek Road, outside of Darwin, at 3pm on December 6
‘I can’t imagine what the Grey family are going through right now,’ Alex Mahoney, who runs the Palmerston and Karama stores, told the NT News.
‘Myself and the other Darwin Domino’s stores want to do everything we can to offer our support as Harrison continues to receive medical treatment.
‘With our own team members on the road delivering safe, hot meals to the community every day, helping to raise awareness of road safety is something that is very important to us.’
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