Heartbreaking update after young father critically injured in Bali scooter crash
Kevin Malligan, 24, who was critically injured in a horror scooter crash in Bali, has been declared brain dead by doctors and now his pregnant wife is left to decide when they will turn off his life support machine.
The young Sydney father was holidaying in Bali just weeks before the birth of his second child, before disaster struck when the moped he was a passenger on “hit a bump” and he was flung off.
The 24-year-old suffered a brain bleed and a fracture to his neck, and was put on life support at the BIMC Hospital in Nusa Dua.
As he fought for his life, his heavily pregnant wife Leah Malligan raced to Bali to be by her husbands side along with Mr Malligan’s father and brother.
The young father underwent emergency brain surgery before generous donors helped him secure a $150,000 medevac flight back to Australia on January 4.
But despite doctors best efforts, his family confirmed on Wednesday that his injuries are irreversible and he's been declared clinically brain dead.
“This is the most difficult time of any of our lives and we just can’t be grateful enough to have been able to get him home for everyone to see him before he leaves us," his wife told Daily Mail.
She described her husband as a “great dad, husband and friend, with a generous and loving nature who will be missed by all.”
“He was always up for a good laugh and would do anything to put a smile on someone’s face," she said.
“There was nothing more valuable than seeing how excited he was when he got home to give his Ivy girl a great big cuddle.
“They then would play constantly until it was dinner and bedtime. He loved her so much and she doesn’t love anyone else as much as she loved Kev.”
The heartbreaking update was shared to the family’s GoFundMe page yesterday, with it already raising over $119,000.
“Leah would like to thank everyone from the bottom of her heart who has donated, helped, sent messages to help her and the family at this time,” Mrs. Malligan’s mum Jodie French said.
“She and the Malligan family now has the awful decision of when to turn off his life support.”
“We are sending all our love and prayers for strength at this time to our daughter and Kevin’s family," she added before thanking everyone who has donated to their family.
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