When Mathias Uribe began experiencing flu-like symptoms, his parents knew something was wrong. While at the hospital, he went into cardiac arrest.
“Sometimes, when you get the flu, it does set you up for a bacterial infection. But even then, most kids don’t get nearly as sick as Mathias did,” Boyle said.
On July 12, as Mathias' heart and lungs showed improvement, his medical team removed the ECMO therapy. On July 18, his respirator was removed as his health continued to improve. The GoFundMe statement notes that"after 20 days of intense treatment, we were told that his extremities had been compromised." After conferring with the teen's medical team, Mathias' parents made the difficult decision to“That flow wasn’t getting to all of his extremities, so they had to amputate all of his four extremities,” Mathias' father told WSMV.Mathias reportedly underwent surgery on July 25 to remove his left leg above the knee and his right leg below the knee.
“I said when we got to the doctors when we came there, ‘Please don’t use the word amputation,’ ” Mathias' mother told WSMV. “Let’s use ‘remove.’ ”to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Mathias' parents expect him to be in the hospital for another month, where the teen has already spent over two months as an inpatient. They are looking for prosthetics and rehab in the Atlanta area, per WSMV.Related Articles
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