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GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — New details are emerging in the case of an 18-month-old boy who was pronounced dead at a Gilbert hospital and found alive in the morgue nearly five hours later.
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According to documents shared by the family’s attorney, Vincent Fiordilino arrived at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center around 6:04 p.m. on Feb. 8 after nearly drowning in a swimming pool.
At 6:08 p.m., a doctor ordered an arterial blood gas test to check oxygen in the blood. That test was canceled. At 6:11 p.m., labs were collected. At 6:20 p.m. — nine minutes later — Vincent was pronounced dead.
Body-camera footage shows officers asking at 6:13 p.m., “Do we have results on the gas yet?” Staff responded they did not. Those results did not come in until 6:38 p.m., 18 minutes after he was declared dead.
The documents also show the doctor did not sign his report until the day after Vincent was found alive.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office said it has not decided whether to review the case at this time. The family’s attorney said they will be filing a complaint against the hospital and doctor next week.
Speaking publicly for the first time nearly eight months later, Vincent’s mother, Alexus, said she still relives that day.
“I didn’t even think stuff like that happened. I thought I lost my baby and he was back,” she said. “There isn’t a day I don’t think about that day.”
The incident began when the family found Vincent floating face-down in a pool at a Super Bowl party.
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Police arrived and performed CPR before paramedics transported him to Mercy Gilbert. Alexus said she begged first responders to save him.
“I remember just begging the police officers and the fire department to just save him,” she said. “I’m saying goodbye. And I’m begging him. And I’m just begging Vincent to come back.”
Hours later, she got the call that he was alive.
“I remember feeling really grateful. And I remember just wanting to rush to him. I needed to get back to him. I felt so bad that he was alone,” she said.
Alexus said she believes if doctors had waited for the lab results, her son would be in a very different place.
“We trusted the professionals that took an oath, made a promise, that they would do everything they could. And they looked at my son for whatever reason and decided he wasn’t worth it,” she said.
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