Matias Uribe it is 14 year old boyHe was an athlete and pianist living in Tennessee, but an illness changed his life forever, as for some Dream Vacation in Orlando, Floridathis young man suffered from bacteria lead to His hands and legs were amputatedCurrently, his health has not completely improved and he continues to undergo life-saving surgeries.
this The Uribe family is from Colombia; But they live in America teenager I’m looking forward to starting high school life Join the track and field team, However, the nightmare began in June, when the minor began experiencing flu-like symptoms, according to his parents told “Good Morning America.”
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As Edgar Uribe and Catalina Uribe say, Mattias’ parents take their son to the doctorBut his health did not improve and on June 30 his condition worsened and they took him to the hospital emergency roomWhere His heart stopped beating,Hospital doctors managed to revive him and airlifted him to the pediatric ward. ICU from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
he was immediately given important support and conducted laboratory analysis, the results showed that Having pneumonia and strep toxic shock syndromeThe road back to health continued to be complicated until July 25, when they performed his first surgery. amputated The left leg is above the knee and the right leg is below the knee. His health was still fragile and doctors tried their best to see him through, but they had no choice but to perform other amputations, which is how his hands were severed from the wrists on August 1.
One of his doctors, Katie Boyle, said that although the case It started out like the flu; It becomes complicated as it develops Bacterial pneumonia with invasive streptococcal infection Due to cold complications. This leads to the development of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. This syndrome causes tissues and organs to stop receiving enough oxygenated blood to cope with the toxins being released.
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His mother has been interviewed by many media and said After the first amputation, his son reacted calmly; But over the next few games, he broke down, crying and asking why this happened to him if he was a good kid. “He cried like never before,” the woman said.
After letting him vent, the woman told him she couldn’t answer his questions, but she told him, He will succeed because he is a “very smart” kid. He has a lot of people behind him who love him and will support him. As a result, he remembers dreaming of becoming an engineer at MIT and, according to his mother, gained impressive mental strength.
Next thing to care about Teenagers are how they pay their hospital bills, So his parents started a GoFundMe campaign to not only pay for hospital bills, but also for the prosthetic limbs and treatments he needs.
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