A young woman was £99,000 in debt and had no travel insurance after contracting pneumonia while on vacation.
Her Amanda Sesio from New Zealandhad booked a flight to visit the US with her family for her cousin's wedding.
The 23-year-old boarded a plane to Los Angeles on her June 28th, but she soon fell ill on board.
I thought she was just sick with a stomach, but after a few days she could barely stand and she ended up in the hospital.
After arriving in her Uber, she was rushed to the emergency room.
Amanda told the NZ Herald: Think 'Oh, that's bad'.
She was sedated for days, and doctors diagnosed her with pneumonia caused by pneumococcus, hypoxic respiratory failure, multiple blood infections, and fluid in her lungs.
Amanda said that her mother, who had returned to New Zealand, also received a call from her doctor at 3am to inform her of all the procedures that were to follow. another situation. ''
After being in the hospital for several weeks, she was eventually discharged and she returned to New Zealand a month later, leaving her with a large bill.
Amanda's family has since launched a GoFundMepage to pay off her $150,000 (£99,882) medical bills.
The page, set up by her brother Shane, states:
"Any donation, regardless of amount, goes a long way toward covering Amanda's medical bills. We are eternally grateful for the support we have received."
Since then, Amanda is grateful to the hospital. She warned people not to make the same mistake as she
did not have travel insurance.
She said: I'm here. In the hospital she was kicking herself.”
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