Scott Nicolson was badly injured in a car crash on Shetland.
A Scottish family is raising funds to get their paralysed son to Glasgow for a revolutionary medical trial designed to help those who have suffered a spinal injury.
Telling of the horror incident, Graham said: "We got a phone call at 2am from the local hospital. When we got to the hospital he was in the intensive care room with a spinal collar on. The doctor told us that the C5 bone in his spine was broken. We were informed that they were waiting to hear back from the Glasgow spinal unit to find out what was happening next.
Doctors at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital were quick to operate on the crash victim and manage to take bones from his hip to stabilise the C5 bone and used titanium plates to hold it. Scott was sedated from the moment he arrived at Lerwick hospital until the middle of December - two months laster.
However, on New Year's Day 2021 Scott facetimed his parents from his hospital bed to speak to them for the first time. Now, the 30-year-old, a recently elected member of Shetland Community Council, has his sights set on an innovative trial on April 11 which could eventually change the lives of those living with spinal injuries.
"But if it does work they can work on computer programmes and work on getting it miniaturised. Even if nothing comes out of him he will be on the list for future trials and he is not just helping himself he is helping others as well." As the study is only for outpatients the family is now raising money to help shoulder the cost of moving their son to Glasgow.
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