Mum in intensive care after falling seriously ill on 'dream holiday'
A British mother is stranded over 2,000 miles from home after falling seriously ill during her dream holiday. Rebecca Russell, 32, has been fighting for her life in intensive care for more than a week after she began vomiting three days into her Moroccan adventure. The mother-of-four, from Ellesmere Port in Merseyside, was enjoying the trip with her fiancé Sam Bindley, 32, and two close friends.
The group touched down in the country on Sunday, June 22, and savoured the "best" few days before Rebecca became unwell. Her friend, Molly Beetson, 31, from Chester, explained how Rebecca - called Becca by her pals - began feeling sick three days into the break.
But when her condition deteriorated dramatically two days later, Sam, her partner of 12 years who she's due to marry in September, called for emergency help. She was rushed straight to a hospital ICU, where she has remained in a critical state for over a week, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Molly said: "It started with a standard sickness bug, they thought because they were at an all inclusive resort it was just something normal she had picked up.
"But she got horrendous, to the point she was drinking water and it was coming back up still cold. She was really confused too and not fully with it, she didn't know what was going on.
"Sam ended up phoning the doctor who gave her sickness tablets, but after two and a half days he phoned an ambulance that took her to hospital in Marrakesh."
Doctors discovered she was suffering from kidney and liver failure, along with sepsis, whilst in the ICU. Molly explained: "She was really poorly. It was scary for her partner because he wasn't allowed to go in and see her in the hospital for very long because of the rules over there.
"She was so confused and scared. She is still unaware of how unwell she was, it's going to take her some time to process what she has been through and process the trauma of it. It all started from a sickness bug and escalated. She is type one diabetic so we think it led on from the sickness bug and not being able to eat for days."
Molly revealed her mate had been eagerly anticipating the dream getaway, which was supposed to be a child-free escape for the pair. She explained: "Sam works so hard and she had never been to Morocco, it was a well needed break and now she is stuck there.
"Thankfully, it looks like she could be in a place to come home to the UK within the next few days but the insurance company has said they will only pay out for some of the hospital fees. And, she might need a medical flight to return to the UK, which is extremely expensive.
"They just want to be home with their children and family. They'd been having a lovely time before all this happened, they were enjoying it, they said the hotel was lovely. She was sharing videos on Facebook on holiday."
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