A dad of four is stranded in a Mexican hospital after he suffered a seizure and banged his head in his hotel room while on holiday in Cancun.
Paul McKenna suffered a seizure before hitting his head on the floor of his hotel room on the last day of his two-week family holiday in Mexico. The 33-year-old from Bootle was due to fly back to the UK with his wife, Amy, children and parents-in-law on Sunday, August 21, but his, and his family's, world came crashing down when he was rushed to hospital.
Currently, Paul remains on life support having been stabilised, with him being forced to move hospital three times in just two days in order to access specialist treatment. He and his family are currently based around an hour outside of Cancun with it not clear whether the electrician suffered a brain haemorrhage or whether he had a stroke.
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Paul's friends are currently raising money for the first eleven captain of Maghull Cricket Club, with James Stanley telling the ECHO: "They think it started from some sort of bug because the family had been ill. Then on Sunday, he had a seizure, fell and banged his head. He was then induced into a coma.
"The current concern is that he's had a brain haemorrhage but the first thought was he had a stroke. Still uncertainty surrounding what has actually happened."
James said he would do "anything for anyone" with him and a number of Paul's close friends now looking to raise as much money as they can to pay for the medical care while they're stuck in Mexico. The fundraiser has seen 230 donations at the time of writing this, with Jamie Carragher chipping in £5,000 to help the dad.
James added: "We're devastated. He's a brilliant fella and he'd help everyone, like last year during a storm I had some damage to my house and he came out to help straight away. We lost our chairman at Maghull Cricket Club who did everything [at the club] and Paul picked up all the slack.
"He does all the things around there. He's really well-known in the community and everyone's feeling very upset and concerned."
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