A Carnival Cruise passenger suffered a severe medical episode on July 7 while on board. Shenae Monique Turner, a 47-year-old woman from Norfolk, Virginia, was enjoying a cruise vacation with her son before she began to fall ill. She reportedly experienced numbness in her lower extremities, chest pains and difficulty breathing before suffering two seizures and cardiac arrest, according to Cruisehive.
Royal Caribbean's monster second-largest cruise ship arrives in US Celebrity Cruise 'loses customers luggage in ocean and failed to tell her' The onboard medical team was able to address her condition before she was transfered to a General Hospital in Tampa, Florida , where she is in a medically-induced coma. Her son, Demontae Turner, told a local news outlet she is stable but remains in critical condition. However, she is also stranded at the Florida hospital despite her son desperately wanting to bring her home because he is struggling fit the bill.
According to the GoFundMe campaign he started, it will cost $33,700 to fly his mother back to Norfolk and then transport her to the hospital via ambulance, none of which is covered by insurance. He says he has unsuccessfully attempted to secure emergency funding from organizations such as the American Red Cross. “Think of if it was your mother," he told the local outlet.
"Wouldn’t you do everything in your power to save her, to hear her voice, her laugh, to feel the warmth of her hugs and love?" "She is all that I have and my lig.