While on holiday in Benidorm, a 29-year-old woman got herself a tattoo, and the next day fell into a coma.
The actual cause of the coma is not yet confirmed, but it is suspected that the small tattoo she got on her wrist is to blame. Within only 24 hours of receiving the small inked image on her wrist, she was suffering from multiple organ failure.
Poppy-mae Crutchley had flown over to Benidorm with a few friends to celebrate a hen do. A few days into the trip, they went out, had several drinks, and then got a tattoo to celebrate the situation. Her friend shared on her GoFundMe page how quickly things went wrong.
“Instantly after the tattoo, Poppy felt unwell. So unwell that she had taken herself to the hospital, where instantly and amazingly they acted straight away due to no oxygen in her body and fluid on her heart.”
Although they suspect that the tattoo is the culprit for the coma, it’s still unclear. “As it stands currently, they are unsure at this moment in time if it is a bacterial infection (from the tattoo maybe?) or if she has been spiked.”
Family Fretting About How to Fly
Now, the young woman is left in a coma, possibly due to a blood infection from the cheap tattoo. Her parents are trying to raise money to fly her back to the UK. Here she can get the treatment she needs. Her father is so desperate, he has turned to religion.
“Now she’s 29, but she’s still my little girl. I don’t believe in religion, but if there’s a God up there, then I beg you to send my baby a little help to pull through this because I need her,” he posted to their donation page. “She’s too young and fantastic to be taken yet.”
The family is left begging for money to bring their daughter home. Thankfully, once she is back in the UK, the healthcare will be free. They just need a bit of money to get her back home.
Many people get backstreet, cheap tattoos while on holiday. They forget that the procedure can be invasive, and many people operate without a license. Sometimes, the drunken permanent scrawl will be the least of your regrets.