Minneapolis girl airlifted from her desire Caribbean holiday

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis family members is still reflecting on how their island getaway in the Caribbean turned into a combat to conserve their liked one’s everyday living. 

Marge Cullen is normally surrounded by family members.

“She retired a few a long time ago, and six months afterwards, her everyday living husband or wife died,” mentioned Marge’s niece, Felicia Cullen. “And then she got this cancer diagnosis.”

Felicia Cullen claimed her aunt was identified with phase four cancer.

When she obtained the diagnosis, Marge told Felicia that she wished to vacation. Felica, her son, Alec, and a few other loved ones customers ended up excited to give Marge the getaway of her desires in Saint Lucia. 

“We obtained there — you can see she was so joyful,” stated Alec. 

Excited to depart a Minneapolis February driving, the group invested a extended working day at the seaside. They were ready to go back again to their Airbnb and headed to a boat launch.

“I appeared back just in time to observe her drop her footing and she begun to stumble,” explained Alec. 

He watched as his great-aunt fell quite a few toes onto some rocks under the launch.

“Her head experienced been split open and there was a whole lot of blood coming out,” stated Felicia. 

With assist from individuals on the seashore, they managed to get Marge loaded up into their rental vehicle and drove her to a tiny hospital in the spot. They at some point obtained her to an even bigger clinic with the capacity to do X-rays. 

The team uncovered she experienced 4 damaged ribs and a lacerated lung. She spent the next 7 days in and out of hospitals on the island. 

“It was apparent that she was bleeding internally,” said Felicia. “She was like deteriorating at an extremely speedy tempo, where we were going to drop her if we did not get her some focus straight away.”

With confined entry to the professional medical treatment she needed in Saint Lucia, Marge was finally airlifted to Miami.

“I want that she was equipped to be ready to have that trip,” claimed Alec. 

Now, she’s undertaking far better. Her spouse and children is hunting forward to bordering her as soon as once again.

“Her overall health is improving upon her spirits improving upon,” reported Alec. “So that helps make me really happy.”

Marge just received out of the healthcare facility in Florida and will be there until eventually she feels effectively plenty of to journey back house to Minneapolis. 

So considerably, the family members has raised $22,000 as a result of a GoFundMe, only about a 3rd of what they will need to cover her healthcare bills. 

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