British woman stranded alone in Spain as horrific accident leaves her in coma

A British woman is stranded in Spain after falling and hitting her head while on holiday, with her family desperately trying to bring her home.

Michaela Hadley, 44, was on a trip in Majorca when she slipped in her hotel room and hit her head. Though she remained conscious, she was taken to hospital after calling reception. Her family, who were not with her at the time, were tragically unaware of the accident until they saw staff cleaning blood from the room.

As her sister, Sharon McGrath, 46, rushed to hospital with her parents, the family were informed that Michaela's kidneys were quickly losing function - and her health continued to deteriorate. "I came out my room in the morning and the cleaner was cleaning the blood in Michaela's room," said Sharon.

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"I asked the cleaner where she was, and she told me she was in hospital. My mum and I went to the hospital with her passport, and my mum got took through to speak to my sister.

"The interpreter asked for the passcode to her phone, and then came back out to tell us she was moving into intensive care. We were taken to intensive care to then be asked if we knew Michaela's kidneys weren't working right."

The following morning, the family were informed by an interpreter that Michaela's kidney function had decreased overnight, and were now only working at 10 percent.

Michaela, from Glasgow, was transferred to a hospital nearly three hours away in Palma, with the hope of starting dialysis and discovering the cause of her kidney failure.

However, after she began experiencing bouts of sleep apnea and losing breath, doctors discovered that Michaela was also suffering from pneumonia, and were forced to put her into an induced coma.

On August 2, after Michaela had spent five days in hospital, the family had to fly home - but received a phone call the next day asking them to return.

"On Monday morning, my brother got a phone call saying that family needed to get to the hospital urgently, because her kidneys had failed altogether," said Sharon.

"We all had to pool money together to get my mum and dad out - with no accommodation - to be told that they thought we were still on holiday, and she was still in the induced coma.

"Her kidneys had failed altogether, but they were going to give her short bursts of dialysis, and she had pneumonia in both lungs. They came back home two weeks ago."

The family are terrified to leave Michaela alone, and are struggling to get the appropriate information about her care but had no choice other than to return home as costs soared.

"From then, we've been getting a daily update from the hospital interpreter, aside from Saturday and Sunday. Now, she's had a tracheotomy to put the ventilator in.

"She's still got the double pneumonia, and her kidneys have improved very slightly. It's not the fault of the hospital and it's not the fault of the interpreter, but the questions we've got aren't really getting answered when we're asking.

"We're getting snippets of information through broken English and it's frustrating."

Sharon and her parents say they are still unsure what long-term care Michaela will need, and have no idea when she will be able to return home.

Now, desperate to make sure she isn't alone when she wakes up, the family are fundraising to allow her parents to be with her, and to raise money for any of Michaela's extra medical expenses.

"Face-to-face, if my mum and dad go out there, we'll get more answers," Sharon said. "They're saying it's months she's going to be stuck out there, because there's multiple things wrong and it's not a quick fix.

"My mum has been really distressed - it feels like it's been bad news after bad news. None of us have been eating right or sleeping right - we can't function. We don't have the funds to just jump on a plane and pay for accommodation.

"We feel like we're in limbo. I feel useless, like my hands are tied. I'm always wondering if she's alright, what the next steps are. We're so far away - planes and accommodation all cost a lot of money, and none of us have that kind of money."

So far, the family's GoFundMe has reached £950, which has allowed Sharon and Michaela's parents to fly back out to advocate for their daughter.

"If they wake her up properly, my mum wants her to have a familiar face," said Sharon. "She's her daughter, my sister - it's a lot for anyone to take in in the same country, never mind miles and miles apart."

With months to wait until Michaela is well enough to travel home, the family say they are "in turmoil."

"We've got the flight details and accommodation details so we can post where the money's going," said Sharon.

"Multiple trips are going to have to be made to be with her before we can get her home, according to what the doctors have said. I know it's hard times for everybody right now, but even 50p would still go a long way.

"Things are moving, but they're moving slowly - anything at all that anybody could donate would be very much appreciated by all the family."

The family are fundraising to help support Michaela's recovery. You can donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/48tq5x-my-sister