Student fights for life after rat poison tragedy

Alex Shorey from Toowoomba had been finding out at Tamkang University in Taipei for nearly a 12 months earlier than he was poisoned simply earlier than Easter.

His aunt, Elizabeth Shorey-Kitson, mentioned the household believes the rat poisoning could have been brought on by meals at a neighborhood avenue market.

The 24-year-old’s household is attempting to boost greater than $170,000 to urgently fly him residence to Sydney from Taiwan for therapy to avoid wasting his life.

Alex’s tragedy began earlier this month when he wakened one morning coated in blood.

Ms Shorey-Kitson mentioned the dramatic signs continued for a number of days amid a number of hospital journeys till he was rushed to intensive care.

Because of the delay, Alex’s organs are severely broken and he’s in respiratory failure together with being barely aware and struggling anaemia.

Worsening signs for Alex have been a extreme response to a shot of vitamin K1, supposed to assist thicken his blood.

“With fluid on his lungs after an anaphylactic episode, Alex is unable to fly on a commercial flight,” Ms Shorey-Kitson mentioned.

“He needs high pressure oxygen treatment and the support of an ICU team that is only available via a specialised medical flight retrieval service.”

She went on to say transporting Alex to Australia was very important for starting his lengthy highway to restoration.

“Four weeks have passed since his initial symptoms and the delay in diagnosis, the language barrier in Taiwan, and lack of effective treatment has led to further complications in Alex’s condition, resulting in organ damage, respiratory failure and anaemia,” Ms Shorey-Kitson mentioned.

“After experiencing severe complications to the treatments given to him over the course of the previous weeks, culminating in cardiorespiratory collapse on the 24th of April, Alex is not expected to recover quickly.”

Alex was only a few weeks away from flying residence to Australia when he ingested the poison.