Edgar Uribe(NEW YORK) Mathias Uribe was a healthy 14-year-old kid looking forward to his freshman year of high school, during which he planned to join the cross-country team and continue to play piano, according to his parents Edgar and Catalina Uribe.
That all changed in late June, when Mathias developed flu-like symptoms, including a high fever.
"His body was red and he was also showing some rashes, which [doctors] told us was due to the high fever," Edgar Uribe told ABC News Good Morning America, noting they took Mathias to the doctor twice. "And that was for about four to five days."
At the end of June, Mathias condition quickly worsened, which prompted his parents to take him to a local emergency room.
There, they were told that his case of flu had worsened to pneumonia and he became hypoxic, meaning his body was not getting enough oxygen. Shortly after, Mathias, who had no preexisting health conditions, went into cardiac arrest.
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