Beloved Texas labor nurse suffers freak health scare during honeymoon to Japan that saw her flown straight home for urgent treatment
A beloved nurse from Texas suffered acute liver failure on her honeymoon forcing her to fly home for emergency treatment, putting the newlywed couple’s vows to the test just a week after they tied the knot.
Sarah Danh, 27, was celebrating her wedding with her new husband, Luke Gradl, 28, in Japan when she suddenly fell critically ill and had to fly home for a liver transplant.
The newlyweds left on April 7th and had only been on their dream honeymoon for around 48 hours when Danh was rushed to the emergency room and diagnosed with acute liver failure.
When we arrived at the hotel the afternoon of April 8, she was not feeling well. So, we decided to rest that day because we had 16 total days in Japan, so we could afford to rest half a day,’ Gradl told People.
‘April 9 things started to go bad very quickly, so I immediately took her to the hospital just before midnight where we were admitted to the emergency room, and the next day moved to the ICU because of life-threatening health decline.’
According to Gradl, Danh began to suffer from jaundice, vomiting, fever, body aches and ‘extreme’ hepatic encephalopathy; a serious decline in brain function caused by severe liver disease.
‘There were no health signs at our wedding,’ the newlywed added.
While miles away from her family, the labor and delivery nurse was admitted to an intensive care unit in Japan where she endured blood and platelet transfusions, according to a GoFundMe.
