A COUPLE'S holiday to Thailand almost ended in tragedy when a man needed lifesaving brain surgery to drain a blood clot.
Robert and Pauline Allott were three days into their three-week stay in Pattaya when he felt unwell while lying by the pool.
They went back to their hotel room so he could lie down but quickly realised something was seriously wrong.
"One minute we were enjoying ourselves and then the next he had nearly died," said Pauline, speaking from his hospital bedside in Bangkok.
The retired computer technician was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and underwent a six-hour operation on Saturday night. Surgeons pinned the blood vessel to stop the bleeding and fitted a tube to drain the blood clot from his head.
"I was absolutely petrified as the surgeons said it was touch and go whether he would survive," said wife Pauline.
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