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Australian tourist on Bali surf trip fights for his life after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs on a scooter – just a month after getting engaged
- Tey Evans, 35, was attacked by a pack of dogs while riding a scooter through Bali
- He dodged the dogs, but that caused him to fall off the bike and crash into a slab
- Mr Evans suffered serious injuries in the crash and was in a coma for two days
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An Australian tourist on a surf trip in Bali was left in critical condition after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs on a scooter.
Tey Evans, 35, enjoyed the trip with friends but at the time of the horrific incident he was traveling alone through South Kuta.
He evaded the wild dogs, but as a result, he fell off the bike and fell into a concrete slab.
Mr Evans suffered multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, a ruptured spleen, a fractured elbow, vertebra and pelvis, as well as a damaged kidney – all of which caused severe internal bleeding.
After the accident, which took place on August 25, he was in a coma for two days.
It is clear that he lay injured at the scene of the accident for some time before anyone realized what had happened.
Tey Evans, 35, was alone and riding a scooter through South Kuta when he was attacked by the dogs
He avoided the dogs, but because of that he fell off the bike and fell into a concrete slab
His partner, Jessica Dennis, flew to Bali as soon as she was informed of his accident. They had gotten engaged a month earlier.
When he arrived at the hospital, doctors couldn’t find a heartbeat, Ms. Dennis revealed, and he was operated on right away.
However, doctors found that there was not enough O negative blood for him to get through, giving him a low chance of survival.
“I was told there was a 60 percent chance he would survive. When they realized they didn’t have enough blood, that dropped to 30,” Ms Dennis said Yahoo News Australia.
“I didn’t know there was such a good chance he wouldn’t make it. I had no idea and I don’t know if I’m grateful for that or not.”
When she arrived at the hospital in Nusa Dua on Saturday, Ms Dennis was told by the medical staff that Mr Evans had narrowly survived an 11-hour operation.
His survival was due to a bus full of locals being tested until they found the right blood type for Mr. Evans.
His partner, Jessica Dennis, flew to Bali as soon as she was informed of his accident. They were just engaged a month before
Mr Evans is now out of the ICU and is “being looked after very well in the general hospital”.
The couple will stay in Bali for at least a month until he can fly home.
‘Now I realize how lucky we really are. If he wasn’t wearing that helmet it would look very different,” said Mrs Dennis.
He is expected to make a full recovery and “doctors are stunned” by his progress.
Mr Evans first got out of bed, supported and assisted, took a few steps before going back to bed – something the doctors say is a very positive sign.
Despite the good news, the couple has had to postpone their February wedding so he has time to recover.