![]() ![]() Photo by Allen McInnis / Montreal Gazette Article content Florence Corleto wasn’t allowed to fly home to El Salvador because her baby was ready to be born â and that might have saved Baby Florencita’s life. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Because she was uninsured, Corleto will be paying down the bill “for years and years.” By the time Florencita acquired her own medicare card in March with the help of a pro-bono lawyer, the cost of her treatment approached $100,000. The products that build up when the condition is not well-controlled cause the urine to smell like burned sugar, hence the name.įlorencita remained in hospital for 21 days. They said she will have to be on a very strict diet and that even a cold or flu will make her really sick because her levels of amino acids go up whenever she is under any type of stress.” ‘I know Canada is the capital of maple,’ I said. “At first I thought it was not a nice joke. Article content Baby Florence Corleto was born in Montreal with maple syrup urine disease â her body can’t break down certain amino acids. Because Corleto had no insurance, she paid for her delivery and hospital stay out of her own pocket. ![]() She found one who ordered an ultrasound, then told her that travel would be unsafe because her pregnancy was so advanced and the baby’s position meant a caesarean section was needed. “I tell people that that baby has a guardian angel: She would have probably died in El Salvador.”įollowing her airport encounter in early July, Corleto, 31, looked for a doctor to write her a note clearing her to fly home. ![]() “It is a stroke of good fortune that she had her baby here,” said MUHC nutritionist Marie Lefrançois, who works with the department of medical genetics at the Montreal Children’s and sees Florencita each week. Florencita, who was born with a rare disorder, is thriving in Montreal. Florence Corleto entertains Baby Florencita while Lina Moisan weighs her. She will have to remain on a special low-protein diet all her life, but she should do well. Now nearly 10 months old, Florencita is thriving.
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