A Texas nurse is fighting for her life in hospital after developing a life-threatening illness just two days into her honeymoon in Japan.
Sarah Danh, 27, arrived in San Antonio on Tuesday evening following a 20-hour medical flight from Asia, where she had been hospitalized with acute liver failure, according to People.
Danh, a labor and delivery nurse, and her partner of seven years, Luke Gradl, 28, were married on March 21 in Houston’s Spring Branch neighborhood in what he described as their “dream wedding.” The couple then traveled to Tokyo on April 8 for their honeymoon.

Labor and delivery nurse Sarah Danh was hospitalized in Japan after being diagnosed with acute liver failure.
“When we arrived at the hotel the afternoon of April 8, she was not feeling well. So, we decided to rest that day because we had 16 total days in Japan, so we could afford to rest half a day,” her husband, aspiring pilot Luke Gradl, told the outlet.
“April 9 things started to go bad very quickly, so I immediately took her to the hospital just before midnight where we were admitted to the emergency room, and the next day moved to the ICU because of life-threatening health decline,” he added.
Danh began experiencing symptoms including jaundice, body aches, and vomiting.
Gradl said his wife showed no signs of illness prior to their trip abroad.
Doctors in Japan diagnosed Danh with acute liver failure. Gradl also said she was additionally suffering from kidney failure and increased intracranial pressure, describing the ordeal as a “test like no other.”
Danh, who works at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital, now requires a liver transplant. A family friend, Danniella Ongmanchi, has launched a GoFundMe campaign that has raised more than $175,000 to help cover medical expenses.

Luke Gradl is seen beaming in a loved-up photo with his wife.
“Being away from home during such a vulnerable time has been incredibly difficult for Sarah and her husband, Luke, as they try to navigate the uncertainty and worry together,” Ongmanchi said while documenting the couple’s ordeal.
Gradl also stepped in to support his wife’s care remotely, even joining calls with doctors in Japan while Danh remained hospitalized.
“I don’t know how we would have survived without him,” Gradl’s mother, Sally, told Fox San Antonio.