A NEWPORT man is glad to be back home recovering after he was in an induced coma following a fall from a first floor balcony in Magaluf.

Andrew Phillips, aged 25, from Brynglas, was on holiday with his friends when he fell from the hotel balcony on May 25. He was taken to Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma, where he spent five days in an induced coma with a severe head injury.

Doctors diagnosed him with having a subdural haematoma, a serious condition where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain. The father to five-year-old Rylee, sustained multiple fractures to his face when he fell from a first floor balcony onto a grassed area.

His mother Joanne Phillips, 45, said he landed on the left hand side of his face which caused him to suffer a shattered eye socket, broken cheekbone, broken nose and broken jaw. Mr Phillips underwent surgery on his face while in Palma to insert a metal plate near his eye socket.

The brick layer came home on June 10 and his mother said he is ‘very glad to be home.’

She said: “He’s doing marvellous. We are all so pleased he’s doing really well.

“He’s going out for walks and cooking - people can’t get over that he’s up and about.”

She added: “We were all heart broken when we heard what happened. We’re relieved that he’s home and he is as good as he can be.”

Miss Phillips said her son received very good treatment at the Spanish hospital and has been assessed by doctors at the Royal Gwent Hospital since returning home. He is currently experiencing pain and restricted movement in his left shoulder and left arm.

She said he is waiting on an MRI scan to assess whether he has muscular or nerve damage and whether he will need an operation.

She said: “As he had a bleed between the brain and the skull - he still got to be careful but he’s going to be alright. The doctors have said it just takes time it can be six months to 10 years to fully recover - every patient is different.”

Mr Phillips, a brick layer, flew out with a group of friends on the morning of Wednesday, May 25, and the accident happened later that day at around 7.30pm

She said: “He can’t remember anything about how it happened. We’re hoping it will come back to him.

“He can remember going on the aeroplane but has missed out most of the day.”

She added: “We think he slipped off but don’t really know - they were all having a laugh. It’s still a mystery to us all.”