![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/doctors-remove-boys-hands-and-feet-after-he-experiences-flu-like-symptoms/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Doctors-remove-14-year-old-boys-hands-and-feet-after-he-experiences-flu-like-symptoms.jpg&description=A Tennessee teenager has had all four limbs amputated after his flu-like symptoms turned deadly, but his parents are adamant he is going to have an "amazing life" despite losing his hands and feet A 14-year-old boy has had both his hands and feet amputated to save his life after he started showing flu-like symptoms. Mathias Uribe had the sort of symptoms you'd expect to see with a cold or flu, however, when they turned almost deadly his parents rushed him to hospital. In the end, the family, from Tennessee, had to make the difficult decision to amputate all four of Mathias' limbs. Edgar and Catalina Uribe said they still see a future where their son can use his feet to run and hands to play beautiful melodies on the piano, but right now, they're just glad he's still alive. Catalina said: "Right now, for me, it is really hard to watch all of those videos, but at the same time I look at him and I'm like, 'He's here'." For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US For the last two months, Mathias has been recovering at the Monroe Carrel Junior Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. He ended up there after being diagnosed with pneumonia and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and going into cardiac arrest. The teenager was also put onto a life-supporting ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine, similar to a heart-lung by-pass machine, for almost two weeks, saving his life. Edgar explained: "That [blood] flow wasn't getting to all of his extremities, so they had to amputate all of his four extremities." "I said when we got to the doctors when we came there, 'Please don't use the word amputation'," said Catalina. "Let's use, 'Remove'." Head of Mathias' care team is Dr Katie Boyle, an ICU paediatrician, who worked with her colleagues to try and save as much of Mathias' limbs as possible. She said his condition is rare, and something she hardly ever sees. She explained: "It's extremely rare. Sometimes when you get the flu){kind=link}
A Tennessee teenager has had all four limbs amputated after his flu-like symptoms turned deadly, but his parents are adamant he is going to have an “amazing life” despite losing his hands and feet
A 14-year-old boy has had both his hands and feet amputated to save his life after he started showing flu-like symptoms.
Mathias Uribe had the sort of symptoms you’d expect to see with a cold or flu, however, when they turned almost deadly his parents rushed him to hospital. In the end, the family, from Tennessee, had to make the difficult decision to amputate all four of Mathias’ limbs.
Edgar and Catalina Uribe said they still see a future where their son can use his feet to run and hands to play beautiful melodies on the piano, but right now, they’re just glad he’s still alive. Catalina said: “Right now, for me, it is really hard to watch all of those videos, but at the same time I look at him and I’m like, ‘He’s here’.”
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US