Sitting at his dining table, surrounded by loving family, Danual Rutledge is getting ready to enjoy a peaceful Christmas — very different to the one he and his family were bracing for months ago.
In July, the Yeppoon local's life was turned upside down when he saw a doctor for sinus issues, only to discover he had a brain tumour.
The family was dealt a further blow when he suffered a rare stroke in his brain stem after the surgery and entered a coma.
