How a short trip to Canada turned into a nightmare for an Argentinian family
Global News
Augusto is the couple's only child and after seven years of trying to conceive, he's also their miracle baby. Now the family is hoping for another miracle.
What was supposed to be a short trip to Canada for a work conference has turned into a nightmare for an Argentinian family.
Just a few weeks ago, Matías Andretich and his wife, Emilia Abratte, were living a “perfect life” along with their seven-month-old son, Augusto.
“In a few days it changed completely and life kicked us in the only place that hurts,” Andretich told Global News from a hospital room at the MUHC’s Montreal Children’s Hospital.
Augusto went from being a happy, healthy baby to extremely ill over the span of a few days as the family made its way from Argentina to Montreal.
Andretich said they had noticed Augusto seemed a little tired prior to leaving but a doctor reassured them it was OK.
“There was just a bit of inflammation in throat and because of that he couldn’t eat,” Andretich recounted.
They were told Tylenol would do the trick and departed for their trip that same night on Friday March 17.
The next day, they had a stopover in Panama and Augusto was getting worse and worse.
