Seriously-ill Colorado dad is trapped in Denmark after catching super-virus on cruise
A critically-ill Colorado man is stuck in a hospital in Denmark after catching a super virus while on vacation on a cruise in Europe, according to his family.
Guy Matlock, 64, became severely ill while celebrating his 37th wedding anniversary on a northern European cruise last month with his wife Adrien.
His daughter Moriah told KDVR that six days into the 14-day cruise, Guy started feeling flu-like symptoms that quickly turned into a more serious medical emergency.
‘They pulled into port as soon as possible… They found that he had flu A, pneumonia and sepsis, essentially turned into a super virus within his body and started attacking his major organs,’ Moriah said of the ordeal.
Critically-ill Guy Matlock is stuck in a hospital in Denmark after catching a super virus while on vacation on a cruise in Europe
Guy Matlock, 64, became severely ill while celebrating his 37th wedding anniversary on a northern European cruise last month with his wife Adrien
Guy went into cardiac arrest and his lungs failed, leaving him with brain damage in a hospital in Copenhagen, according to his family.
He is currently breathing with help of a ventilator and not completely conscious, with his family collecting funds to move him back to the US.
Guy’s children, who, like their parents, had never been outside the country before, flew to Denmark a week after his medical emergency to be with him.
‘It’s very isolating in a different country, a country where you don’t know any of the language and there’s so many different societal changes,,’ Moriah said.
‘His brain just isn’t getting enough stimulation from the Danish society, because he just hears the different languages and he isn’t able to compute.’
He is currently breathing with help of a ventilator and not completely conscious, with his family collecting funds to move him back to the US
His daughter Moriah said that six days into the 14-day cruise, Guy started feeling flu-like symptoms that quickly turned into a more serious medical emergency
The family has opened a GoFundMe to collect the $150,000 they need to pay for a medevac
The family has opened a GoFundMe to collect the $150,000 they need to pay for a medevac.
The GoFundMe has raised more than $25,000 from 262 donors as of Monday afternoon.
Guy’s wife Adrien remains in Copenhagen a month after he became sick, while his children were forced to return home to Englewood, Colorado.
‘No one can explain the sorrows that it can bring seeing someone so strong in such a not-so-strong state,’ Moriah added.
‘Someone that has been everything that you ever needed in your life and they are incapacitated to not being able to even breathe on their own.’
