In May, Kylee Enwright slipped while on holiday in Thailand. 3 months later, she has passed away.

For the past few months, Kylee Enwright's family has been living a nightmare.

In May, Kylee and her husband Paul went on a holiday to Phuket, Thailand. It's a familiar travel destination for them, and they were looking forward to a much-needed break.

On their first full day, Kylee and Paul were having some drinks at the resort's pool bar before deciding to go back to their room to get ready for dinner. 

Kylee told her husband she needed to go to the bathroom first, and on the way back to meet him, she accidentally walked off a retaining wall where there were no steps.

CCTV footage shows the 43-year-old had approached the wall expecting there to be steps that led down from the deck, only to lose her footing, falling face-first into the pavement below.

She was immediately knocked unconscious, blood pooling around her.

Following the incident, Kylee remained in critical condition for some weeks. In June, her family were desperately trying to get her back to Australia where she would receive better medical care. 

But the Enwrights were told their travel insurance wouldn't help them.

Watch: Kylee Enwright's story. Post continues below.

After the accident, Kylee was immediately rushed to the local hospital where she received life-saving treatment. 

Medics stitched her facial wound and intubated her. She underwent a six-hour brain operation which included a left-side craniotomy (skull removal) and was placed into an induced coma.

Speaking to Mamamia in June, Kylee's close friend Belinda Wellings said it was a horror time for all who love Kylee.

"What Kylee needs is a medical evacuation from the Phuket Hospital she is currently in, back to Sydney. This will give her the best fighting chance to receive appropriate expert care in the Australian health system given the extent of her brain injury which has her in a vegetative state," Belinda explained.

"Back in Sydney, her family can also get the support they need, as some of them are in Phuket now, at great expense, and without their extended support networks. You can only imagine how stressful this must be for them, to cover this expense and be so far from home."

In the aftermath of it all, Kylee and Paul's three children flew over to be by their mum's side. 

The whole family, including Kylee, managed to make it back to Australia in mid-June thanks to support and donations via a GoFundMe. 

Over the following weeks, Kylee got expert medical care. Her husband said she was working daily with physiotherapists, an occupational therapist and a speech pathologist.

Sadly, however, Kylee unexpectedly suffered a second catastrophic brain bleed on Sunday and passed away.

"Kylee passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones," her husband Paul confirmed in a statement.

Kylee Enwright. Image: Supplied.

Her family is respecting her wishes to be an organ donor, saying as a result there will be up to eight people who will receive a second chance at life. 

"Until this point, Kylee had been making amazing progress from her initial brain injury suffered in Thailand. Kylee was a one-of-a-kind wife, mother and grandmother and mother-in-law. Kylee was one of the kindest, most generous people I have had the privilege to know. Rest in peace my darling until we meet again. I love you."

Throughout this entire ordeal, the Enwright family has also had to deal with a large financial burden. 

In a GoFundMe, Paul said they had received unfortunate news that their travel insurance claim was officially declined citing a clause relating to alcohol. 

It's a clause that the vast majority of Australians would not be aware of, and a clause that has every chance of impacting any one of us.

In Australia, most travel insurance policies have an exclusion that reads a bit like this: "We will not pay under any circumstances if you were under the influence of any intoxicating liquor or drugs, except a drug prescribed to you by a medical adviser, and taken in accordance with their instructions."

As per Smart Traveller, if the accident occurs while the individual is "under the influence of alcohol" then it is not covered by insurance. Even a low blood alcohol level can see a claim denied.  

It's clauses like these that so many of us would have no idea about.

If you would like to contribute to the GoFundMe for the Enwright family, you can do so here. 

This article was originally published on June 8, 2023, and has since been updated with new information.

Feature Image: Supplied.

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