Bryony Duthie: Teenager ‘steady’ in Scottish hospital after flight dwelling in coma from Spain

Jul 27, 2023 at 9:01 PM
Bryony Duthie: Teenager ‘steady’ in Scottish hospital after flight dwelling in coma from Spain

An adolescent put right into a coma after growing pneumonia on a household vacation in Spain is again in Scotland after her family fundraised greater than £80,000 to cowl her medical payments and constitution a flight dwelling.

Bryony Duthie, 18, from Dundee, who suffers from a uncommon continual kidney situation, was dropped at Edinburgh from Malaga in a coma on Wednesday night on a chartered £33,000 IAS Medical air ambulance flight, accompanied by her mom Stephanie and medical workers.

Her mom stated Bryony had a “stable first night” again within the UK however medical doctors at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee have been having to “start from scratch” to know what’s improper.

Ms Duthie, 37, stated: “Yesterday was hard going mentally for me – it was really draining. Every beep of the machine, my heart was through the roof.

“I’m completely in bits – my nerves are shot to items.”

Bryony was admitted to the Vithas Xanit International Hospital Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol on 16 July, the place a CT scan revealed she had pneumonia and he or she was positioned in a coma.

She spent 10 days within the non-public hospital, the place medical doctors tried a number of instances to carry her out of the coma, however to no avail.

Now again in Scotland, Ms Duthie is in search of solutions.

“This is now where the real problem starts,” she stated.

“We just don’t know what neurologically she’s going to be like. It’s not like she’s had pneumonia and now it’s going to be fine. This is going to be a long road.”

Undated handout photo of Bryony Duthie(right), with her mum Stephanie, who is in a critical condition in Spain after falling ill while on holiday with her family and who now faces a medical bill of more than £13,000 after just two days of treatment. Bryony Duthie, 18, from Dundee, Scotland, suffers from chronic kidney problems and was taken to a private hospital on the Costa Del Sol on Sunday, where she was put into an induced coma after being diagnosed with pneumonia and suffering a seizure. Is
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Bryony and her mom Stephanie

Undated handout photo of Bryony Duthie with her grandfather, Pete Duthie, who is in a critical condition in Spain after falling ill while on holiday with her family and who now faces a medical bill of more than £13,000 after just two days of treatment. Bryony Duthie, 18, from Dundee, Scotland, suffers from chronic kidney problems and was taken to a private hospital on the Costa Del Sol on Sunday, where she was put into an induced coma after being diagnosed with pneumonia and suffering a seizure.
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Bryony along with her grandfather Pete

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One of the household’s principal issues is whether or not Bryony may have any long-term signs or has suffered mind harm.

“It’s just going to be mental torture,” Ms Duthie stated.

“People keep saying take it an hour at a time, but that’s easier said than done when you’re the parent. I’m looking ahead to the quality of her life.”

But they won’t have solutions till medical doctors have carried out additional checks, which can take a number of days, if not weeks.

“They don’t really know what’s going on and have told us to be patient and let them work,” she stated.

“The doctors are basically starting from scratch with tests. She’s back with the people who have dealt with her in the past.

“They have to do a great deal of investigations and an MRI scan, however that will not be till subsequent week.”

Bryony’s household arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist along with her medical payments and the price of her flight dwelling, which has raised greater than £84,000.

“I’m so glad to be home and the staff here have been so welcoming,” her mom added.

“I just want to say, I can never thank everybody enough. We would ever have been able to get home without the generosity of people who donated.”