Chloe’s back and in a UK hospital
A young Halifax woman is back in the UK after suffering horrendous complications from breast surgery in Turkey.
Chloe Rose was left with necrosis – the death of body tissue – after undergoing a breast uplift last week.
The22-year-old’slovedones launched an urgent appeal to get her home so she could receive treatment in the UK and be back with her family.
They were inundated with donations, raising more than £8,000 in just a few days.
Earlier this week, with help from the British embassy in Turkey, Chloe and her friend Rachel Mucha were able to come back to the UK on a medically-assisted flight.
Although still very unwell, Chloe is now accessing medical care here.
Her sister-in-law Collette Pickering, said: “There’s a massive sense of relief that we’re now able to see her.
"It was so awful hearing her screaming in pain and not being able to be with her.
"It’s hard to express how heartbreaking it has been for her to have to go through this at such a young age but I’m so proud of her and how she has handled it.”
She said she is grateful and overwhelmed by the response to the fundraising appeal.
"I’ve had complete strangers sending messages of love and support, and massive donations from people we don’t even know,” said Collette.
Chloe’s family were initially fundraising for a private air ambulance. They say the money that was not needed will be donatedtothespecialistward in the UK where Chloe is being treated.
Chloe and Rachel, also from Halifax, flew out to Turkey on Sunday, January 14 so that
Chloe could undergo a breast uplift operation.
But what was supposed to be a one-hour surgery took doctors five hours and when she came out of the operating room, Colette said Chloe was convulsing on the bed.
Her family say too much skin was taken from her breast, causing the circulation to her nipples to be cut off.
In a bid to remedy the situation, Collette said the doctors reopened Chloe’s stitches but she was left for some time with open wounds. It was only after speaking to the British embassy that Chloe was given antibiotics.