A grandmother recovering in hospital with a broken neck slipped on the day she was due to be discharged - and broke her back.

Lindy Moors, 64, was rushed to hospital after breaking her neck when a sliding barn door at her farm crashed down on her head in January.

Retired Lindy, who runs the small farm yard with husband Arthur, 64, needed two major surgeries on her neck to prevent her being paralysed.

But just a week later, the grandmother-of-five, who was due to be discharged later that day, suddenly grew faint and collapsed on her way to the hospital toilet.

Lindy, from Steyning in West Sussex, was x-rayed and doctors revealed she broke her back as she fell - before she was rushed for her THIRD major surgery in a week.

But despite sustaining two life-threatening injuries just days apart, with doctors warning each time she may become completely paralysed, Lindy is still able to walk and talk - and is on the road to make a full recovery.

She says her week from hel l left her feeling ‘lucky to be alive’ - and the two huge scars running up and down her back serve as a reminder of her horror experience.

The brave grandmother said: "The whole experience was absolutely terrifying - you hear of broken necks and backs and think the worst.

"I never expected I'd make it home alive and I was sure I'd never be able to hug my family again - but three months down the line my physiotherapist said he can't believe how far I've come.

"I'm still in a lot of pain but I think of it as a positive - as long as I feel pain, I'm know I'm not paralysed or dead!