Vacation abroad turns tragic for American nurse after accident leaves her 'all metal'

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An American ICU caregiver had a harrowing brushwood with decease aft her rental moped crashed during a abrogation to Thailand, leaving her with a encephalon bleed, a breached collarbone and shattered teeth.

Sierra Fairhurst, 23, arrived astatine Boston Logan International Airport successful Massachusetts connected March 27 aft 2 weeks successful Thailand. According to a GoFundMe, Fairhurst was successful a moped clang during a abrogation successful Thailand.

"Despite the agelong roadworthy up for her, this could person been wholly different, and I’m truthful grateful to person her here, live and her encephalon successful moving order," Zoe Rose, Fairhurst’s mother, said successful the astir caller GoFundMe update. 

"Her look tin beryllium fixed, her wounds volition heal, bones tin beryllium repaired," Rose said. "She has the spot to flooded each of this."

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Sierra Fairhurst

Sierra Fairhurst, 23, was severely injured successful a moped clang during a travel with friends successful Thailand. (GoFundMe)

Fairhurst rented a moped during her travels successful the Southeast Asian country. She told Boston 25 that astatine 1 infinitesimal they were connected the road, and the adjacent they weren't.

She awoke successful a overseas infirmary with devastating injuries.

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"I retrieve going to spot the elephants, and we went zip-lining and each the excursions that we did, but that’s it," she said. "My oculus socket is broken, I astir mislaid my eye, my feature bones and chemoreceptor were broken, truthful that’s each metallic now."

After the accident, the 23-year-old caregiver was taken to Krabi, connected confederate Thailand’s westbound coast, for treatment. She was yet transferred to a installation successful Bangkok earlier returning home, according to GoFundMe.

Sierra Fairhurst successful  an ambulance

Sierra Fairhurst was taken to Krabi, connected confederate Thailand’s westbound coast, for treatment. (GoFundMe)

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Sierra Fairhurst was taken via level to Bangkok for further country aft her moped crash. (GoFundMe)

Rose and Fairhurst’s brother, J, arrived successful Thailand aft the mishap to assistance her. Her recognition was mislaid successful the aftermath of the accident, which analyzable the process. 

"In the disorder of the mishap and her friends packing luggage to transportation with her to the adjacent hospital, each of Sierra’s recognition is missing," Rose said. "She has nary ID, societal information card, oregon passport. It is imperative that erstwhile she is unchangeable she gets to travel location to Boston and person the champion attraction and retrieve astatine location with her family."

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With the assistance of the U.S. State Department, Fairhurst was fixed due documentation to question backmost to the U.S.

"I cognize she’s precise self-conscious successful respect to the scarring connected her look and missing teeth, but she inactive came retired of this alive, and her encephalon is healing and doing well, and she’s inactive beautiful," she told Boston 25.

Sierra Fairhurst

Sierra Fairhurst suffered facial injuries, a encephalon bleed and aggregate breached bones. (GoFundMe)

When she returned from her trip, Fairhurst went straight to a Boston infirmary to beryllium evaluated, and it was determined she did not request inpatient care.

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Fairhurst visited the coiled session and oral maxillofacial surgeon and has appointments scheduled with her superior attraction provider, neurologist, ocular integrative surgeon, orthopedic surgeon and cosmetic dentist, according to the GoFundMe.

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