Fitness influencer Khiana Smith shares health update after being admitted to Bali ICU with deadly infection

Khiana Smith has shared her recovery process after spending close to two weeks in a Bali hospital.  

The Gold Coast influencer was treated in an ICU, battling bacterial meningitis and pneumonia. 

In updates shared on her TikTok page, the social media star revealed that she was slowly on the mend and has left hospital. 

In her first update, Khiana shared that she had been moved from the ICU into a private room, where she had her own bathroom. 

'Now that I'm alive again this whole experience is quite humorous,' she joked. 

In a further update, Khiana revealed she has now left hospital but was still in Bali, where she was enjoying some rest and relaxation. 

Part of her recovery included being treated at a local spa, and ordering healthy food. 

'Worst places to recover from a near-death experience,' she joked in her social media post. 

Khiana, who is known for her fitness content on Instagram and TikTok, found herself fighting a deadly brain infection in an Indonesian hospital last month.  

Smith spent ten days in the ICU before she was well enough to share her plight on social media. 

'Life is so precious, one minute I'm healthy travelling the world, living my dream life and the next I'm bed bound in ICU in Bali with a brain infection that could have killed me,' she said in a TikTok video. 

The social media star explained that she also had pneumonia and fluid on her lungs.

Smith said her symptoms began with a headache, before she began experiencing 'extreme head pains, dizziness, slurred speech, blurred vision, and a severe sensitivity to light'. 

'I don't know what happened, like I seriously don't, I just woke up one day and I just had the worst headache, like I couldn't even get out of bed,' she explained. 

'I think I really underestimated the severity of the situation.'

Smith explained that she was constantly exhausted and 'can't really do anything'. 

The content creator said that she is desperate to return home to Australia but is unable to fly due to the effect of cabin pressure on her brain infection. 

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening inflammation of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. 

It is caused by a bacterial infection and is considered a medical emergency that can lead to death within hours if left untreated.