Help Parents and Baby Born Premature in Puerto Vallarta Bradley Jolly - ExpressUK
go to original June 11, 2022

The baby is on a ventilator in a Mexican hospital. (David Wright)

Dawn Whitear, 33, travelled to Puerto Vallarta feeling safe in the knowledge that doctors said she was fine to fly. She was astonished when she felt contractions just two days into the two-week vacation.

Baby Hugo was born three-and-a-half months premature, weighing below 2lb - less than a bag of sugar.

In the four weeks since then, he has been kept in hospital on a ventilator due to problems with his intestines and blood.

Now Dawn and her partner David Wright, 30, are desperately trying to raise money to get him home and ensure they are able to stay with him while they wait for that to happen. They've launched a crowdfunding appeal to help with this.

Speaking from Mexico, David told Express: "Hugo is extremely weak. He's 14 weeks premature and on a ventilator.

"He's already had a blood transfusion as his blood levels were getting low. He also has a couple of issues with his intestines, which they are monitoring.

"He is in critical care and we are now going to be stuck in Mexico while he recovers to full strength so we can get home. It could take three to four months.

"We are running low on money after all the bills we’ve had to pay upfront, and now we need to find a place to stay near the hospital so we can be close by to him.

"We also need to get essentials to get by day-to-day here."

They are paying for the accommodation, essentials, and may need to pay for further healthcare, which they estimate could cost as much as $250,000 pesos while Hugo recovers.

To donate to the appeal visit GoFundMe

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