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Sudden medical emergency prices Alberta household almost $100K whereas on trip

Editorial Board Published September 2, 2025
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An Okotoks girl is looking her latest trip a “$100,000 trip” after she suffered a well being emergency and was hospitalized over 8,000 km away from house in southern Alberta.

Dione Amundson and her son Peyton have been in Japan for a two-week journey this previous July.

Nonetheless, on day 4 she mentioned she felt one thing ‘pop’ inside her whereas she was within the washroom.

“Wasn’t sure what was going on, just that it was uncomfortable and it continued to get more and more uncomfortable,” says Dione.

Dione was taken to a close-by hospital the place she was instructed that she had suffered a perforated gut, an infection had set in and she or he was septic.

Japanese medical doctors put her on an antibiotic therapy for a number of days to deal with the sepsis, however her son says it wasn’t getting any higher.

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“Still didn’t see 100 per cent progress,” says Peyton. “So, they did emergency surgery later that week and then it was steps from there to give her rehabilitation and getting her home.”

A photograph of Dione Amundson as she lays in a hospital in Japan after struggling a perforated gut.

Courtesy: Peyton Amundson

Dione says a number of members of the family flew all the way down to Japan to assist Peyton and his mom all through this tough time in another country, together with determining tips on how to pay for his mom’s surgical procedure.

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“(The hospital) wanted me to pay either in one payment on my credit card or in cash. And I said my credit card cannot physically do that and I don’t know what bank will give me over $40,000 in foreign cash,” says Peyton.

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A GoFundMe was additionally began by a household good friend which helped increase over $20,000 to assist with the sudden expenditures.

The journey was prolonged by over a month with the 2 returning to Okotoks on Aug. 21.

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They estimate with the unique worth of the journey and what was spent on the surgical procedure, cancelled and return flights, accommodations, in addition to their misplaced wages from work, your entire journey price them almost six figures.

Dione has journey insurance coverage by way of her work and is hoping they’ll reimburse about 80 per cent of the sudden prices.

Lesley Keyter, The Journey Girl, says travellers’ insurance coverage is at all times beneficial to her shoppers when reserving holidays due to incidents like there, or they may be caught with an enormous invoice.

“People then go the route of GoFundMe, they’re calling the Canadian consulate,” says Keyter.

“The Canadian government is always advising people to take travel insurance, we cannot cover you for medical expenses when you’re out of the country,” she provides.

After the sudden sickness, the mom and son plan to return to Japan finally.

“And retry the trip — do a redo,” Peyton mentioned.

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