possible chance at recovering from a horror smash that has changed their lives forever.

“There’s no such word as can’t” Diana Martin constantly tells her son Grant Cain, an Acquired Brain Injury sufferer.

It’s something she has learnt

herself.

Three years after the car accident, several operations and what seems like a lifetime spent in hospitals, Grant is finally able to stay at home with his family in South Canowindra permanently.

Grant has spent the last 19 months at the Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital, while Diana and her family have completed more than $50,000 worth of alterations to enable him to live with them.

Wheelchair bound, Grant needed a completely disabled suitable bathroom, ramps, doorways to be widened to allow his wheelchair through, and a new bedroom to fit specialised exercise equipment and electric bed.

“It was a long process,” Diana said of the alterations.

Grant has not received any insurance money or compensation payout from his accident, meaning aside from charity assistance, all care is self funded.

Adding to the financial strain, Diana has had to leave her job at Moyne, to care for her son fulltime.

But it’s all worth it, the positive and devoted mum believes.

Home now for a week, she says she is already seeing signs Grant is improving.

Once completely paralysed, Grant is now able to use his right arm and is communicating much better.

“I even get a ‘I can’t, or I don’t want to’, when he is sick of doing his exercises, so he still gives me cheek,” Diana said laughing.

Grant is visited periodically by staff from the Bathurst Based Brain Injury Unit, to support his recovery and the family has purchased a van, which has been modified to make it much easier for him to travel to appointments and family outings.

Bringing her son home was more than just another step of a very long emotional journey for Diana – in terms of sheer practicality, it has made a major difference to her life and that of her family’s.

Every single day she visited the hospital and cared for Grant for hours, handling his exercise regime and

taking him out for visits. Having him home means a few more precious

seconds are saved.

”I reckon he will come a long way now that he is home,” Diana said.

“He will get into a routine, and is already settling in. The Home Care girls have already noticed a difference.”