A British man has been left fighting for his life after falling ill with deadly disease sepsis while on holiday in Bulgaria to celebrate his third wedding anniversary. Daniel Bowman, 32, was struck down with the condition, which killed his aunt in 2005, a week into a fortnight break with his wife Kelly, 35, last week.
He is due to be flown home tomorrow (Thursday) hooked up to a life support machine after his family raised the money to pay for a private medical repatriation air ambulance. They have been told insurers won't pay out until they get Daniel's medical records, even though his family say he has no underlying medical conditions.
Distraught Kelly, a mental health nurse, spent their wedding anniversary reading out her card to him as he lay in intensive care in a hospital in the country. Doctors at Doncaster Royal Infirmary were in discussions with medics in Bulgaria about the care Daniel, who works in traffic management, needs when he returns home.
