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A DEVASTATED father thought that his baby was "going to die" after being stricken with foot-and-mouth disease during a trip to the Dominican Republic with Thomas Cook.
Mitchell and Jade Weston, 28, paid £ 3,700 to stay in the sumptuous Grand Bahia Resort with their children Harley, age seven, and Maddie-Mae, one year old.
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But Birmingham's parents had to end a nightmare trip when their daughter had a seizure on the last day of their vacation.
"I'm crying even now, I thought she'd die," said Mitchell, 33, at Sun Online.
"My wife was sitting on the bed and suddenly, Maddie-Mae started having a seizure, my wife was screaming and I just picked her up and ran to the front desk.
"Her whole body was adjusted and jumped, she had trouble breathing, so it was so scary."
Her whole body was adjusted and jumping, she had trouble breathing, so it was scary.
Mitchell Weston, Maddie-Mae's father
An ambulance ran from the resort to the nearest hospital, where it was administered as an intravenous infusion and treated with antibiotics.
The doctors confirmed that Maddie-Mae had experienced an unusual side effect due to a hand, mouth and foot disease (HDMD), a short-term virus that mainly affects children under ten years of age.
"She had a little rash on her back and diapers for three or four days, but we thought it was just that," Mitchell said.
"Then the last day we woke up and it happened, I could not believe it."
The Westons were forced to delay their departure back from one day and had to deal with an always sick baby on the nine-hour return flight.
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"We would not have spent the holidays"
Although Maddie-Mae has fully recovered, her furious parents claim to have received no satisfactory explanation or excuse from the vacationer until almost a year after the break in June 2018.
They were also alarmed after reading in Sun Online how another girl had contracted the same illness in the same compound just a month ago.
"We certainly would not have spent the holidays there if we knew it, absolutely not," Mitchell said.
"We would never have put our child in this danger."
We certainly would not have spent the holidays there if we had known, absolutely not. We would never have put our child in this danger.
Mitchell Weston
Family members contacted Thomas Cook several times about their experience in June 2018, but last week they received a complete response.
But they refused the £ 500 offered to apologize for the delay.
Mitchell said, "I'm not interested in money, if things like that happen, we have to inform the families."
Four cases of MMPB were reported to the hotel in 2018.
What is hand-foot-and-mouth disease and who is vulnerable?
Hand-foot-mouth disease, or MMPB as it's called best, is caused by a virus.
Symptoms include:
- high temperature
- loss of appetite
- cough
- Stomach pain
- ulcers or sores in or around the mouth
- skin rash or blisters on hands, feet, legs or bad
Anyone can contract the disease, but children under 10 are more likely to catch it.
These viruses can be transmitted from one person to another by direct contact with unwashed hands or surfaces contaminated with bacteria.
Medical care is usually only necessary if:
- Your child can not or will not drink fluids
- Your child has signs of dehydration
- Your child develops seizures, confusion or weakness.
- The symptoms worsen or do not improve after seven to ten days.
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A spokesman for Thomas Cook told Sun Online: "We were sorry to hear that Mr. Mitchell's daughter had fallen ill while she was on vacation at the Grand Bahia Resort.
"We take the disease very seriously. However, the virus was reported to the hotel throughout 2018 and did not increase during their stay.
"We would like to apologize to Mr. Mitchell for the delay with which we responded and offered £ 500 as goodwill."
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