Texas Nurse Airlifted from Japan After Liver Failure on Honeymoon

Sarah Danh, a 27-year-old labor and delivery nurse from San Antonio, Texas, was airlifted back to the United States on Tuesday evening after suffering acute liver failure just two days into her honeymoon in Japan, leaving her in critical condition and in need of a liver transplant.

Danh and her husband, Luke Gradl, 28, a budding pilot and her partner of seven years, married on March 21 in Houston's Spring Branch neighborhood in what Gradl described as their dream wedding. The couple departed for Tokyo on April 8, excited to celebrate their new marriage in a new country. Upon arriving at their hotel that afternoon, Danh felt unwell and decided to rest, figuring they had 16 days to explore.

The situation deteriorated rapidly the next day. By late April 9, Danh experienced severe symptoms including jaundice, vomiting, body aches, fever, kidney failure, increased intracranial pressure, and extreme hepatic encephalopathy, a brain dysfunction caused by toxins building up due to liver impairment. Gradl rushed her to a hospital emergency room just before midnight, and she was transferred to the intensive care unit the following day as her health declined sharply. Japanese doctors...