An Australian television star has recounted show she injured herself at a remote island and had to be airlifted to Nadi for treatment.
Isabelle Silbery who featured on Gogglebox Australia suffered a spinal injury after falling from a horse at the Turtle Island.
“It turns out being on a remote island is bloody scary when you have a horse-riding accident, are in immense pain and don’t know how serious things are,’ Silbery said on Instagram after the incident.
‘A medical evacuation helicopter was only available during daylight hours so I was carried by local Fijians on a stretcher 2km up a hill in the dark, onto a boat and to my hut’ she said.
‘They were all barefoot in the scorching heat, holding my hand and reassuring me I would be okay.
‘They had a doctor on call and loaded me up with pain relief to get me through the night, even sitting on the beachfront outside the hut to make sure I didn’t need anything.
‘These people were absolute angels. Not to mention my husband who helped me wee into a glass …the kind of commitment that we’re not in our vows.’
She was airlifted to mainland for scans.
Isabelle has since returned to Melbourne where she is resting and recovering after the accident, which occurred last week.
‘I’m home safely with a very large bill so a PSA to check your travel insurance as ours conveniently didn’t cover most activities you would do on a holiday, including kayaking, snorkelling, bike riding and of course… horse riding,’ she wrote.
