Overview
- Sarah Danh, whose family posted an update Thursday, is breathing on her own and with help stood and took a few small steps.
- She collapsed April 9 in Japan with acute liver failure and received intensive therapies including dialysis-like CRRT, blood transfusions and plasma exchanges.
- After an April 21 medical flight to San Antonio, an MRI showed a stroke and severe bilateral brain injury, and a later scan suggested some injury may be reversible.
- She remains in the ICU with major speech, swallowing and motor limits, and her family says doctors are hopeful a liver transplant will not be needed.
- A GoFundMe topped $187,000 before pausing, and local reports note Japanese hospitals require full payment before treatment continues, driving the push for an air ambulance and community support.