Sarah Danh is finally on her way home.
The 27-year-old bride has been fighting for her life in Japan ever since her honeymoon took a terrifying turn nearly two weeks ago. On the second day, April 9, she suffered a “life-threatening health decline” and has since been in critical care with acute liver failure.
Danh’s family tells PEOPLE that she’s currently on an emergency medical evacuation flight with her husband, Luke Gradl, 28, to San Antonio, Texas. The flight is on schedule to land this evening, Tuesday, April 21, exactly one month since the couple said “I do.”
Danh’s mother, Le Le, flew back to the U.S. separately after previously joining the couple in Japan for “moral support.”

Sarah Danh in the hospital.Luke Gradl
The flight was thanks to AirMed and Danh’s employer. Danh works as a labor and delivery nurse at Methodist Hospital Stone Oak in San Antonio, and the hospital stepped in alongside HCA Healthcare to help coordinate the flight home.
Gradl and Le are endlessly grateful for everyone who made the evacuation possible.
“Thank you to HCA Healthcare and Methodist Hospital for providing the medical flight home,” they tell PEOPLE. “That generosity means more to us than we can put into words.”
Gradl and Le continue, “A huge thank you to the medical team in Japan — the doctors and nurses who worked nonstop to keep Sarah stable up until evacuation. We’ll never forget your care and dedication. To the AirMed team, thank you for moving so quickly and making everything come together when it mattered most. You made a real difference for us. We’re also so thankful to the team in San Antonio for being ready and waiting for Sarah. Knowing she was going into such good hands brought us peace during a very uncertain time.”

Sarah Danh being transported into a plane on a stretcher.Luke Gradl
The family is also “beyond grateful” for those who have prayed or donated to support Danh’s healing journey. Their GoFundMe has raised $167,000 as of Tuesday, April 21.
“Whether we know you personally or you reached out from somewhere far away, your kindness, prayers, and support helped carry us through one of the hardest times in our lives,” Gradl and Le say. “You gave us comfort, strength, and hope when we needed it most.”
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“And most of all, thank you to our family for being there every step of the way,” the family added. “Your love and support kept us going through it all. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for standing with us.”
AirMed was unable to respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment due to HIPAA privacy rights. Methodist Hospital and HCA Healthcare did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

Although Danh is stable, her fight for survival isn’t over. The cause of her sudden health decline is still unknown, and she showed “no health signs” at her wedding on March 21. Her family tells PEOPLE that further medical testing and evaluations will take place in the U.S.
Last week, Gradl told PEOPLE that Danh has been “suffering” from several symptoms, including jaundice, vomiting, fever, body aches and “extreme” hepatic encephalopathy.
Hepatic encephalopathy is a serious decline in brain function caused by severe liver disease, according to the Mayo Clinic. When the liver is unable to filter toxins from the blood, they build up and affect the brain’s ability to function, and can lead to unresponsiveness, coma or death. Gradl added that Danh was experiencing failing kidneys and intracranial brain pressure on top of her acute liver failure.
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