The pregnant partner of a Glenrothes man fighting for his life in Tenerife says she is living a “nightmare”.
Ellis Campbell’s partner Lukas Nedza took ill earlier this month – just one day into their first-ever family holiday with 11-month-old daughter Dominika.
The 25-year-old dad is now critically ill on a ventilator in the Candelaria hospital on the Spanish island.
Ellis said: “We came here on May 14 and the next day Lukas took ill.
“We were sitting down having dinner and he started to get severe confusion, didn’t have a clue where he was or what was going on.
“We got a doctor out to the hotel and he then got took to the hospital, where he had a massive seizure.
“Ever since then he has been on a ventilator in a coma. He is stable but nothing is changing, nothing is getting better.
“Lukas is so fit and heathy, he has never had anything wrong with him so we are really concerned about him.”
Partner of Lukas Nedza says Tenerife doctors ‘don’t know what’s causing it’
Despite efforts by doctors, there has been no change in his condition and medical professionals appear at a loss as to what is causing the Glenrothes dad’s illness.
Ellis said: “The insurance is not paying out because Lukas doesn’t have an exact diagnosis yet, the doctors don’t know what’s causing it.
“He had an abscess in his mouth and a sore head for a few weeks but the doctors are saying they can’t find an infection in his brain.
“They don’t understand what’s happening, they say they have never seen it before.”
Ellis, 20, says the family are now living through a nightmare they never thought would happen, and have launched a GoFundMe to help cover costs whilst they are in Tenerife.
She said: “I’m 20 weeks pregnant so I’m missing my checks for the baby. I’ve also got an 11-month-old to care for.
“Every day is a waiting game, we don’t know if we could be here for months.
“It’s like a nightmare, you don’t think something like this would ever happen to you.”
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