Thanks to the support of residents across the Island motorcross racer Tony Grant is to receive intensive therapy to help him overcome brain injuries from a bike accident three months ago.Tony, 22, left for Spaulding Hospital, in Boston, yesterday with his mother after Islanders raised $30,000 to cover his medical costs.He was on Government's Health Insurance Plan when he crashed his bike into a sidewalk and tree in St. David's around 10pm on October 19. HIP does not cover overseas care, which means his family must foot the bill if they want him to recover.After the crash Tony spent a month in intensive care at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and another month in the general ward. His family was told he would need aggressive speech, physical and occupational therapy to overcome his injuries.While they set about raising funds Tony remained at the hospital, until his family brought him home on Christmas Day.Mother Sonya Smith said: “I got a two-day pass for Christmas so he could be around familiar things and his family.“When he came home he started doing better. He started eating on his own so I called the hospital and said we are discharging him. We are also getting his feeding tube taken out.”For the past two weeks Tony has spent the days riding around the Island with his uncle Sean Smith, who is a trucker. Mr Smith has also taken Tony to the gym a couple of times.Originally the Smiths were told Tony's treatment could cost up to $150,000. However, Ms Smith's employers, Aircraft Services of Bermuda, has agreed to hold her job for her while she spends a month-and-a-half in the US. This means Tony can be an outpatient, something that has drastically reduced the cost. He will receive the same intensive therapy, but instead of staying at Spaulding the two will stay at a nearby Residence Inn.Meanwhile his sister Ashley Grant, 19, and brother Azrah Smith, 11, will remain on the Island.“I want to thank everybody who has helped Tony,” Ms Smith said before leaving. “Everybody who has held fundraisers and donated money, it has been a big help. The Batwa Seaton Peoples Center has also helped make this possible by accepting people's donations.”Ms Smith said her family also appreciated the staff at the hospital who have done all they can to assist Tony on his road to recovery.The family hopes the therapy will help Tony reach progress on the internationally recognised Ranch Los Amigos Level of Cognitive Recovery scale.Tony is currently at stage four, which means he is easily confused and frightened and does not always understand what is happening around him. There are eight stages of the scale.It is the same position 16-year-old Shakir Amory was in after drunk driver Angela Ambrosini struck him in May. He too was at stage four but his family had private health insurance, which meant Shakir was sent to Spaulding and has since returned to classes at CedarBridge Academy. Ms Ambrosini was sentenced to a year in jail last week.