A Texas nurse is fighting for her life in a US hospital after falling ill with acute liver failure just two days into her honeymoon in Japan.
Sarah Danh, 27, was airlifted back to the US on Tuesday evening after enduring a 20-hour flight from Japan, where she was hospitalized due to a life-threatening illness.
Danh, a labor and delivery nurse, and her partner of seven years, Luke Gradl, 28, were married in Houston on March 21 and departed for Tokyo on April 8.
Gradl told the NY Post that his wife's symptoms started to worsen on April 9, and she was immediately taken to the hospital, where she was admitted to the ICU due to life-threatening health decline.
Danh's symptoms included jaundice, body aches, and vomiting, and Japanese physicians diagnosed her with acute liver failure, as well as kidney failure and increased intracranial pressure.
A family friend has established a GoFundMe campaign to assist with medical expenses, which has raised over $175,000.
A transplant team from the US is prepared and awaiting the nurse, who requires a liver transplant.
