{"id":930391,"date":"2026-10-16T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930391\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:30:13","slug":"wa-grandmother-fighting-for-life-in-bali-after-fall-down-stairwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930391\/","title":{"rendered":"WA grandmother fighting for life in Bali after fall down stairwell"},"content":{"rendered":"

A grandmother from Western Australia<\/a> is fighting for life in a Balinese hospital after slipping on a bathroom floor and falling into an open stairwell.<\/p>\n

The family of Estelle Ravenscroft told 9News the 79-year-old was having lunch at a restaurant in Bali<\/a> at the weekend when the horrific accident occurred.<\/p>\n

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A WA grandmother is fighting for life in Bali, after slipping on a bathroom floor and falling into an open stairwell.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

\u201cA simple lunch at a restaurant and a visit to the ladies\u2019 bathroom has ended up being a nightmare beyond belief,\u201d her daughter Leonie Walsh said on a page trying to raise funds for the grandmother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe slippery floor caused her to fall into an open stairwell, where she landed on the steps below.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Busselton woman suffered six severe fractures to her legs, three in each.<\/p>\n

She was in the intensive care unit after suffering a severe adverse reaction to painkillers and after surgery on her legs.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Her) vitals plummeted and she started convulsing. This was so severe that we were close to losing her,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n

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The Busselton woman suffered six severe fractures to her legs, three in each.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday she was placed in ICU because of the degree of concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the extent of the fractures, the medical team had to do manual realignments to her legs and both legs were then put into traction with weights (all without painkillers because of the severe reactions).\u201d<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old has undergone two blood transfusions post-surgery, her daughter said.<\/p>\n

Ravenscroft\u2019s family have described her condition as extremely touch-and-go.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old doesn’t have travel insurance, and her family could now be facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills.<\/p>\n

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Ravenscroft\u2019s husband remains by her bedside with the family pleading with anyone who can potentially help.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve started an online fundraiser to help cover the cost of her treatment and to help bring her home. On Friday night more than $8000 had been raised of their $62,000 goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cEstelle\u2019s ongoing medical care and treatment for the heart, oxygen and blood issues resulting from the reaction to the pain injections, has exacerbated. Her condition isn\u2019t good,\u201d Walsh said in an update on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer mouth and throat have now swollen, affecting her even more. The final cost of the emergency surgery and this additional care required have also increased. This is devastating news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ravenscroft\u2019s husband remains by her bedside, with the family pleading with anyone who can potentially help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A grandmother from Western Australia is fighting for life in a Balinese hospital after slipping on a bathroom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-930391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}