A DEVASTATED dad thought his baby was "going to die" after getting hand, foot and mouth disease on a Thomas Cook trip to the Dominican Republic.
Mitchell and Jade Weston, 28, forked out £3,700 for the stay at the plush Grand Bahia Resort with their children Harley, seven, and one-year-old Maddie-Mae.
Doctors confirmed Maddie-Mae had suffered an unusual side effect from hand, mouth and foot disease , a short-term virus that mostly affects children under the age of ten. "She's had a bit of back and nappy rash for three or four days but we thought it was just that," said Mitchell.The Westons were forced to delay their return departure by a day and had to navigate a still ailing baby on the nine-hour flight back.
Though Maddie-Mae made a full recovery, her furious parents claim they received no satisfactory explanation or apology from the holiday maker until nearly a year after the June 2018 break.another baby girl contracted the same disease at the same resort just a month beforehand"We definitely wouldn't have gone on the holiday there had we known, absolutely not," said Mitchell.We definitely wouldn't have gone on the holiday there had we known, absolutely not.