Update on the Melbourne lady who fell seven stories from her flat a year ago—a touching story by Tominey Reid

A lady has spoken up about the moment she “consciously decided” to let go of the balcony railing and fall to the earth; doctors warned her she would never walk again after the accident.

In July 2023, 21-year-old Tominey Reid lost her phone from their seventh-floor Melbourne apartment while video chatting with her boyfriend who was on vacation in Europe.

After failing to gain entry by knocking, she opted to personally recover her phone from the neighbor’s balcony after seeing it fall to the floor below.

As Ms. Reid’s false nails fell off one by one, she clung to the balcony rail for five minutes before releasing her grip.

Perched precariously on the balcony… On Thursday, she spoke to A Current Affair about her choice to let go, explaining that she was becoming too weak to continue holding on.

A glass barrier probably prevented Ms. Reid’s death by stopping her fall after she plummeted 21 meters.

A ruptured artery in her heart, a broken femur, a fractured kneecap, torn ligaments, and several brain bleeds were among her other horrible injuries.

Nonetheless, she had already triumphed against the odds by enduring the ninety percent mortality rate-inducing fall from seven stories high.

In July of 2023, Tominey Reid slipped and fell seven stories from her apartment balcony. She is shown in the hospital after her accident.

Pictured here after her fall from seven stories, Tominey Reid was hospitalized in July 2023. After feeling her false nails break off, Ms. Reid

(seen above last year) clung to the balcony railing for five minutes before deciding to release her grip.

After feeling her false nails break off, Ms. Reid (seen above last year) clung to the balcony railing for five minutes before deciding to release her grip.

This year, Ms. Reid accomplished the unthinkable once again when she began walking with the assistance of a brace on her right leg.

Ms. Reid expressed her determination to regain her walking skills and disprove her doctor’s diagnosis last year in an interview with Daily Mail Australia.

A doctor told her, “There’s a big chance you won’t be able to walk again, and it could take three to four years for your nerve to grow,” as she put it at the time.

It breaks my heart. That one day really got to me. After giving it some thought, however, I’m keen to show the doctor that he’s mistaken.

I’d like to believe there’s a good possibility I might walk again in the future since I’ve beaten all the odds thus far.

Ms. Reid still hopes that other young Australians might learn from her error a year after the disaster that changed her life.

She discussed the importance of young people realizing they are not unstoppable in an interview with A Current Affair.

‘Before making judgments, consider how they will affect my life in the long run; after all, phones are easily replaced.’

This is Ms. Reid’s first public statement on the disaster; last year, she told the Daily Mail Australia that she “immediately regretted” taking her phone back.

There was a “my heart just dropped” moment when she slipped, but she couldn’t recall the actual fall.

The sixth-floor balcony was where I could see my phone. Its brightness tricked me into thinking I could get to their balcony from ours.

According to Ms. Reid, she had not been drinking; rather, it was a “freak accident” caused by a “silly” choice that she will always regret.

Her horrific fall was heard by a retired policeman who lived in the same building, prompting him to call for help.

It is possible that Ms. Reid’s fall was halted because she had partly fallen on a glass fence, breaking it in the process.

Despite suffering a ruptured heart artery, fractured femur, shattered knee cap, torn ligaments, and several brain bleeds, Ms. Reid (pictured) has managed to regain her ability to walk,

proving her doctor incorrect in the process.  Despite suffering a ruptured heart artery, fractured femur, shattered knee cap, torn ligaments, and several brain bleeds, Ms. Reid.

Pictured above is Ms. Reid, who, a year after her injury, has rediscovered walking with the use of a brace on her right leg.

Pictured above is Ms. Reid, who, a year after her injury, has rediscovered walking with the use of a brace on her right leg.

An 11-centimeter protrusion protruded from the rear of her leg, representing her broken right femur—the strongest bone in the human body.

“I am currently in a wheelchair because I broke the sciatic nerve in the same leg,” Ms. Reid said.

I ruptured many ligaments, including the medial collateral ligament (MCL), the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and the cap of my left knee. Additionally, I fractured my tibia.

My vertebrae was ripped from the neck all the way to the chest, and I suffered from a number of brain bleeds and a hole in my heart.

Fearing they may need to drill a hole in her skull to halt the swelling, doctors at The Alfred Hospital put her in an induced coma and kept her in intensive care for four days.

“I lost 11 liters of blood and had about six surgeries before I even woke up,” Ms. Reid recalled.

Upon waking up in critical care, she was greeted by several family members, some of whom had traveled all the way from Townsville, and this was her next distinct recollection.

Since about 10% of people make it off a seven-story building alive, Ms. Reid said, “everyone was calling it a miracle” that she had avoided paralysis and brain damage.

A GoFundMe page that her aunt put up has received about $55,000 in donations from well-wishers, which will assist ease the financial burden of her aunt’s inability to work for the near future.

Experts in neuro-trauma repaired Ms. Reid’s knee after she spent a week in critical care. To aid in the healing process of her injured right sciatic nerve, they also transferred nerves from her left leg.

Approximately eight procedures were performed on Ms. Reid. “I can’t feel or move beyond my knee, and the sciatic nerve can take up to four years to grow back,” she said.

In an effort to get out of the hospital before she became 21 years old, Ns Reid hid the severity of her injuries from the medical staff.

She planned a special gathering at a nearby pub on the Saturday with friends and family, and her plan came to fruition: after five weeks in the hospital, she was given a sixteen-page discharge statement on September 1.

“It was truly moving,” she said. ‘My dad and my father both gave speeches.’ In an interview with the Daily Mail Australia from last year, Ms. Reid said, “I’ve got no feeling or movement past my knee and it can take up to four years for the sciatic nerve to grow back.”

In an interview with the Daily Mail Australia from last year, Ms. Reid said, “I’ve got no feeling or movement past my knee and it can take up to four years for the sciatic nerve to grow back.”

‘Not invincible’ is the message that Ms. Reid (left) hopes other young Australians may take away from her experience.

‘Not invincible’ is the message that Ms. Reid (left) hopes other young Australians may take away from her experience.

‘Be satisfied with what you have’ and value your health, Ms. Reid told other young people. They should do the same.

My legs are something that I used to despise. According to her, she used to believe that trousers looked better on her than shorts or a skirt.

It has really hurt my legs. There are scars all over my body, and I still have a rod in my leg from when they fixed my femur.

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