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British influencer Ashley Surcombe, who was recovered unconscious successful her Seoul flat successful March, was enactment backmost into the ICU aft suffering from a collapsed lung brought connected by pneumonia.
By Gibson Johns Apr 04, 2025 5:26 PM | Updated 1 infinitesimal ago
Influencer Ashley Surcombe successful ICU After Being Found “Unconscious and Unresponsive” successful South Korea
Ashley Surcombe's household is sharing a heartbreaking update.
More than 1 week aft the British influencer was found unconscious successful her flat successful Seoul, South Korea, and was subsequently hospitalized successful intensive care, she has faced a setback. Ashley’s household told The Independent that portion helium 29-year-old had been seemingly been making advancement and had adjacent been moved to the hospital's wide ward, she subsequently was readmitted to the ICU and placed connected a ventilator.
Her sister Kat Surcombe told the outlet successful an interrogation published April 4 that Ashley returned to intensive attraction April 2 aft suffering from a collapsed lung arsenic she battled pneumonia. Since then, she says that her sister has shown "positive signs," sharing that Ashley's lung has been re-inflated.
"The doctors person advised that she volition stay determination for the remainder of the week," Kat, who is successful the U.K., explained. "I cognize she’s successful bully hands and I person nary uncertainty that she’s warring with everything she has to travel home. But the information is, I miss her desperately. I conscionable privation to hug her and archer her she’s not alone."
"I’m precise protective of my family, and not being capable to beryllium by Ashley’s broadside during what indispensable beryllium the astir terrifying acquisition of her beingness has been 1 of the astir hard things I’ve ever faced," she continued. "I’ve sobbed from the deepest parts of myself, which mightiness dependable dramatic, but astir losing my sister was soul-shattering."
While Kat and her mother, Karen Surcombe, haven't been capable to beryllium by Ashley's side, their father Nigel Surcombe has been with his girl since flying to Seoul March 25, 1 time aft she was hospitalized.
Surcombe Family/Go Fund Me
As Karen explained, "He’s managing good but determination is simply a connection barrier, but the doctors person been bully astatine explaining what is going on."
Still, portion the Surcombes said the details astir what led to Ashley's archetypal illness "remain unclear," they are mostly conscionable focused connected getting the influencer—who had been successful Seoul providing question contented for a South Korean company—back location to the U.K.
"It’s not thing that was important to us," Karen, whose older girl acceptable up a GoFundMe to wage for Ashley's aesculapian expenses, shared, "as our precedence is to get Ashley location but she needs to beryllium cleared acceptable to alert by doctors, and that could beryllium different 2 weeks minimum."
Kat archetypal shared quality of Ashley's wellness scare by posting a photograph of her successful a infirmary bed.
"I apologise successful beforehand if this photograph upsets you, but my sister and my household request your help," she captioned a photograph posted to Ashley's Instagram March 27. "I've created a Go Fund Me connected behalf of my parents who person recovered themselves financially liable for Ashley's medial fees and bringing her backmost home."
The 33-year-old added, "We arsenic a household conscionable don't person the means to screen the mounting costs."
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