Mom On Life Support After Botched Plastic Surgery In Vietnam (Exclusive)

A woman who traveled abroad for plastic surgery is now dealing with life-threatening complications.

Chloe Mowday, a 33-year-old mom of three from Perth, Australia, got a rhinoplasty and a blepharoplasty, cosmetic surgeries for the nose and eyelids, respectively, in Da Nang, Vietnam, about a month ago. Following the surgeries, Chloe experienced severe complications that resulted in her going to an intensive care unit.

According to her brother Rod, Chloe — who was on vacation with her husband, Josh, and youngest son Elijah at the time of her surgeries — scheduled her “day” surgeries to include the rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty by a local plastic surgeon. She was kept temporarily for recovery but eventually sent back to her hotel.

“From then, she just went downhill and started to feel strange,” Rod tells PEOPLE of his sister’s condition starting shortly after she returned to her hotel. She was having trouble breathing at the time, and Rod says they were later told she was dealing with sepsis and toxic shock syndrome.

She was rushed to a hospital, where she “died” on the way, but Rod says medical professionals were able to resuscitate her.

Chloe was put into an induced coma by doctors and given medication. Her blood pressure also dipped so low that her “hands and feet turned black,” Rod says, adding that she’s now dealing with a “flesh-eating bacteria” around the surgical site.

“She has some necrotic tissue around the surgical site now that blood couldn’t get to, so that’s part of the infection,” he further explains. Chloe remains in the ICU on life support in Vietnam, however, she is now awake and aware of her surroundings.

“She can’t talk still. She can’t move her legs,” Rod explains. “We had a game of charades because she can move her eyes. So that’s how I was getting some kind of answers from her.”

Since Chloe landed in the hospital, Rod and the family have been asking for donations on GoFundMe to cover an air ambulance to bring her back to Australia and the medical bills that are piling up. Rod tells PEOPLE he’s already sourced a hospital ICU back in Perth for her to be taken to upon her return.

The family is also working with the local Vietnam police on an investigation into the plastic surgeon who performed Chloe’s procedures. Rod says Josh has spent “hours” meeting with investigators already, and the family is hopeful that they can find justice for what happened. At this time, they are unable to speak on the investigation and the doctor in question.

Josh and Elijah remain in Vietnam with Chloe, because, as Rod says, they went to Vietnam as a family and will “come home as a family.” Rod has been back and forth to visit several times and is now awaiting word that Chloe can come back to Australia. The eight-hour direct flight will be “risky” in her current state, but the family just wants her to be able to come home and get treatment.

“She has a very long road, ahead” Rod says.