A Scottish dad has spoken about how his daughter's life changed forever after she was involved in a high speed car accident on her 17th birthday.
Floss Gibson was left unable to walk, communicate or feed herself after the crash, which left her in a coma for a month, in May 2019.
Now her dad Robin is poised to rack up the miles as he attempts to run two marathons in two months, to raise funds for the charity that helped put a smile back on her face.
Robin, from Edinburgh, will run the Brighton and the London marathons to raise money for The Children’s Trust’s specialist centre.
The Children’s Trust gave Floss brain rehabilitation following the accident.
The crash happened in her English hometown of Barnard Castle.
Prior to the accident, she was a fit and healthy teenager, who impressed at school and was a keen rugby player, building up to a possible career in law.
Her injuries meant she was unable to walk or communicate.
Floss was later moved to The Children’s Trust in Surrey where she received a combination of intense physio, occupational therapy and play and music therapy, in an attempt to re-learn some basic skills, according to a report in EdinburghLive.
Upon speaking of his daughter’s tragic accident, Robin said: “With the first week of focused rehabilitation, my daughter showed responses not seen before and, three months later, she was clinically declared conscious and on the road to recovery.
“In the coming nine months, The Children’s Trust helped my daughter to start to communicate, start to look after herself, make her first steps in trying to eat and even put her back on her feet with a few tentative and supported steps.
"Most importantly, The Children’s Trust gave my daughter her smile back.”
Robin has already reached his target of £3000 and now aims to continue his fundraising efforts and raise the bar even further.
He adds: “I’m very excited to take on this challenge and raise vital funds for a charity that has given our family so much. We’ll be forever grateful for how the staff helped Floss with her recovery and I’m pleased we can give back in some way.”
The Brighton marathon took place yesterday on September 12.
On the official website it displayed a time of 4 hours and 43 minutes for a Robin Gibson from Dalkeith.
The London marathon is due to take place on Sunday, October 3.
If you would like to take on a challenge in aid of The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury, visit: https://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/events
To donate to Robin’s Just Giving page, visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robin-gibson3
