University of Georgia student suffers terrible brain hemorrhage after complaining of headache during spring break trip to Mexico
- Liza Burke got sick in Cabo San Lucas on March 10 during her ‘last spring break’
- He complained that he had a headache and went to bed; her friends couldn’t wake her up
- He had emergency surgery in Mexico; since she flew to her home in Florida for treatment
A University of Georgia senior suffered a terrible brain hemorrhage after complaining of a headache during a spring break trip to Mexico.
Liza Burke was enjoying her ‘last spring break’ with a large group of friends in Cabo San Lucas when she suffered a brain hemorrhage on March 10.
Burke went to bed after breakfast complaining of a headache. Her friends checked on her a few hours later and called an ambulance when they couldn’t wake her up.
The young student was rushed to the hospital, where Burke was diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), Fox News reported.
Liza Burke, pictured to the right, suffered a severe brain hemorrhage during a spring break trip to Mexico.
The University of Georgia student has since been diagnosed with a condition called arteriovenous malformation and has been flown home to Florida for further treatment.
She was rushed to a hospital and put on life support. A GoFundMe page was set up to help Burke raise $130,000, and the cash was used to fly her to Jacksonville in Florida, where her mother Lauren McKeithen lives, for further treatment.
Burke is said to have shown “promising signs” after undergoing surgery in Mexico, and McKeithen said his daughter had been able to squeeze his hand.
She told Channel2: ‘We’re told to take things one day at a time and not get our hopes up too high but rather have high hopes.
According to the Mayo Clinic, an AVM is a “tangle of blood vessels that irregularly connects arteries and veins, disrupting blood flow and oxygen circulation.”
Spring break is depicted in Florida. Many have avoided Mexico this year in the wake of a series of high-profile crimes involving American victims.
Scientists aren’t sure what causes the condition, but say it usually doesn’t run in families.
People are born with the condition, although it is more likely to cause brain bleeds later in life.
It tends to affect men more often than women.
Jennifer Ritter, who organized a GoFundMe fundraiser for Burke, said her friend was born with the condition but was only discovered after she fell seriously ill.
Burke was one of a dwindling number of spring breakers venturing to Mexico this year after a recent wave of terrifying crimes raised security fears.
Earlier this month, three North Carolina men and a woman were kidnapped at gunpoint during a trip booked so the woman could get a tummy tuck.
Two of the men were shot to death, with the third man and the woman surviving.
They were kidnapped and killed by a cartel whose bosses have since disowned the men they say are behind the killings.