Woman's dream vacation in Italy turns into $200k nightmare - and she's still stuck in a Venice hospital

A unit worker's dream picnic to Italy has turned into a $200,000 nightmare aft she suffered a changeable while overseas. 

Grace Bradley has been a paraplegic since nan property of 13, but has go much independent complete nan past fewer years. 

She saved up capable money from her occupation arsenic a cashier astatine nan section supermarket to recreation to Italy successful June.

It was her first opportunity to recreation successful her full life.

But while overseas, Bradley suffered a changeable - and is still stuck successful a Venice infirmary arsenic her family struggles to raise capable money to carrier her backmost to nan United States.

'We request her home,' her grandfather, Tony Bradley, told WYFF.

'She's not doing well, and she's not going to get amended until she comes home.' 

Bradley was calved pinch Vodder syndrome - a information successful which location is impairment to normal lymphatic flow.

She became a paraplegic astatine nan property of 13, and has been successful a wheelchair ever since, 'battling galore illnesses, countless surgeries and nan nonaccomplishment of her astir valuable plus to her ain advocation: her voice,' according to an online fundraiser. 

She was yet capable to get a occupation arsenic a cashier astatine nan section Publix and is passionate astir getting connected pinch life arsenic champion she can.

'The only point that we really person to thief pinch her sometimes is simply a small proscription present and there, but she doesn't mind calling an Uber,' her grandfather explained.

Still, nan family was worried astir her planned trip.

'We tried our hardest to talk her retired of going, but astatine nan aforesaid time, we don't want to clasp her backmost either because that wouldn't beryllium healthy,' nan grandfather said, betwixt tears.

'She wanted to beryllium independent, for illustration anybody else.' 

But connected June 26, nan family sewage news that she had a changeable and her grandma Juli took nan first formation she could find to Italy to beryllium by her side.

More than 1 week later, Bradley remained successful nan hospital.

She cannot alert commercialized successful her existent condition, arsenic doctors opportunity she is unchangeable but tin nary longer usage nan near broadside of her precocious assemblage aliases beryllium up connected her own.

'When she goes home, it has to beryllium medivac must beryllium accompanied by a doctor,' Bradley said.

'So my woman has been successful interaction pinch nan State Department and nan embassy successful Italy directly.'

If her information does not improve, nan International SOS retired of Philadelphia has estimated a medivac location could costs up to $195,000. 

And because nan aesculapian emergency happened successful a overseas country, her Medicaid will not screen immoderate of nan expenses. 

Her family has since created an online fundraiser to thief pinch nan aesculapian expenses and nan costs of getting her backmost to nan United States. 

As of Tuesday morning, it had raised complete $48,000.