A British couple must cough out at least £300,000 as they’ve have been left stuck in the US after their child was born three months early on holiday.
Louis Borrill and his fiancee, Yeridiana Chazares, had been visiting her family in Baltimore for a surprise baby shower but after she woke up the following day with what seemed to be a strong fever, they decided to go to hospital.
Baby Lily Borrill was born the following morning – well ahead of the November due date and weighing just 1lb, 11oz – and may not be discharged from hospital for three or four months, meaning the family cannot return to their home in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire until then.
This will lead to expensive hospital and hotel bills, as the couple did not have medical insurance.
Louis said: “With being six months pregnant, we decided to play it safe and go to the hospital. “We were then informed that Yeri wasn’t experiencing a fever – she was in pre-term labour!”
After hours of scans, doctors said Yeri would not be able to leave the hospital.
Louis said: “Obviously, we were shocked by this, we planned to have Lily in Scunthorpe and then we find out that we’re going to have to have her born here.
Although in pre-term labour, the doctors told Louis and Yeri that this waiting period could have been anywhere between a few hours to a few months, with them having to remain in the hospital throughout.
However, at 8.18am on August 6, baby Lily was born.
Louis said: “I don’t even know how I could possibly describe that 24-hour period. We were scrambling around trying to figure out what we had to do and were both obviously very nervous.
“But we knew we had to remain calm, knowing our baby could come at any point.
“Our beautiful Lily decided she had had enough of waiting around and came to us two days after her baby shower and three months earlier than we expected.”
When Lily was born she was not moving and could not breathe.
After 15 minutes, a doctor managed to put in a breathing tube – saving her life.
Source: The Mirror
