Wednesday 23 November 2022 03:59 AM Australian tourist's urgent warning after ending up in wheelchair in Bali trends now
A glamorous tourist has warned Australians to get travel insurance before visiting Bali being hospitalised and racked up thousands of dollars in medical bills.
Kelsey Foster, 28, was enjoying the trip of a lifetime when she tore a ligament in her ankle after slipping on a tile in Bali's notorious Legion Street shopping district.
'I slipped on the tile and my ankle snapped underneath me, she explained. 'I then got a 12 hour sitting tattoo on my leg thinking it was just a sprain. Now I am off my foot for months.
A glamorous tourist has warned Australians to get travel insurance before visiting Bali being hospitalised and racked up thousands of dollars in medical bills
Kelsey Foster, 28, was enjoying the trip of a lifetime when she tore a ligament in her ankle after slipping on a tile in Bali's notorious Legion Street shopping district.
'I am struggling to stay awake. I've never felt pain like this,' she said. 'The worst part about this pain is being told I can't take pain killers because it'll mask the potential outcome I could have blood clots. Sitting in excruciating pain is debilitating.'
Luckily, Ms Foster had purchased travel insurance at the last minute before her trip.
'I got emergency flown home business class back to Australia the tickets alone for it were over $4000 + over $1000 in meds and scans for me in Indonesia,' she explained.
'The [insurance company] were on top of it and so helpful. They called me multiple times a day to check I was okay and everything was in place. They organised wheelchair assistance, all our tickets and airport needs and medical expenses.'
On Tuesday, after returning to Australia and visiting a hospital in New South Wales, Foster revealed the full extent of her injuries.
'Torn a ligament off the ankle, fracture up the outer side of the foot,' she said.
'Ultrasound tomorrow to check for DVT (deep vein thrombosis) to make sure I can stay out of hospital. I am struggling to stay awake. I've never felt pain like this.
'I think the last seven days with everything that's happened has just emotionally, mentally and physically drained me.'
'I spent about 20 minutes hysterically crying,' she said.
Her leg tattoo did not responded well to the injury and had become extremely infected, prompting some to speculate if the tattoo shop she visited was unsanitry.
But Ms Foster insists it became infected due to the severity of her injury and the moon boot she had to wear.
'The tattoo was 100 per cent done perfect and clean (and) sterile etc. It’s the fact that my legs are under severe trauma (and) the skin isn’t healing, it makes it hard when a boot is constantly
