Mum given 10% chance of survival after horrific fall down stairs

A woman was given 10 per cent chance of survival after she tripped and fell down a flight of stairs. Taleese Penna, 38, was round at her friend's house watching the Australian Football League and the National Rugby League Grand Finals on October 2, 2023.

They had a few drinks and a BBQ before Taleese went up to check on her three kids - Flynn ,15, Kyron ,12, Azalyah ,10. She misplaced her foot on the first step back down the stairs, and fell down a flight of 12 steps - landing flat on her face.

The fall left her unconscious and Kyron - who was following her - screamed for her husband, Shane Penna, 42, an engineer, who called for an ambulance. Taleese was blue-lighted to the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia - where she spent 81 days in and out of a coma and had five surgeries.

After the fall, Taleese has lost her sense of taste and smell but otherwise made a full recovery. The beautician, from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, said: "I was given a 10 per cent chance of survival with my family and children being prepared for the worse and told to say their goodbyes.

"The only positive was that because we were close to the city, the ambulances arrived in five and a half minutes. The stairs were dark and old - it looked like they have been done fairly cheaply. There was barely any lighting and it was close to black."

Recalling the accident, she said: "It was pretty much a blur, and I can remember walking to the stairs but after that I don’t remember. I was unconscious from the very top. There are chances that I will have dreams and visions which I have been warned about."

Her first surgery took five hours and involved the removal of the left side of her skull. Taleese said: "It allowed for my brain to