A day after ruling out the beforehand believed explanation for demise for the youngest son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, who died after getting sick throughout a household trip, investigators are wanting into whether or not the 14-year-old could have had some allergic response to drugs, Costa Rican officers say.
Miller Gardner died in his sleep Friday morning, in line with an announcement from Brett Gardner and his spouse, Jessica. Investigators initially believed the boy choked after getting sick from meals poisoning and handed in his sleep, however forensic examination discovered no indication of asphyxia, in line with Juan Pablo Alvarado Garcia, with Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Company.
In line with Alvarado Garcia, the Gardner household went to a restaurant off-site from the resort the place they had been staying on March 20. Once they returned, they felt sick. The resort medical crew handled them and gave them drugs, Alvarado Garcia stated, although did not elaborate.
“Was it a medicine they gave him that triggered something? Or was it an underlying condition he had that was triggered by what he ate or the medicine they gave him? We won’t know until we know all of the results from the tests,” Alvarado Garcia stated.
Completely different samples have been despatched for additional testing — although outcomes (toxicology, histology, neuropathology) might take two to 3 months, Alvarado Garcia stated. Checks had been additionally despatched to the College of Costa Rica to find out if there might have been any kind of allergic response to the medicine or the meals. Different underlying causes and circumstances that might have been triggered haven’t been dominated out, as properly.
All 4 family members had been handled by the resort crew. To his information, Alvarado Garcia stated, the others are wholesome at this level.
The Gardners have stated they “have so many questions and so few answers at this point.”
“Miller was a beloved son and brother and we cannot yet comprehend our life without his infectious smile,” Jessica and Brett Gardner said in the release. “He loved football, baseball, golf, hunting, fishing, his family and his friends. He lived life to the fullest every single day.”
The Yankees stated the group was “filled with grief.”
“Words feel insignificant and insufficient in trying to describe such an unimaginable loss,” the crew stated in its assertion. “It wasn’t simply Brett who actually grew up on this group for greater than 17 years — so did his spouse, Jessica, and their two boys, Hunter and Miller.”
Brett Gardner, 41, was drafted by the Yankees in 2005 and spent his whole massive league profession with the group. The speedy outfielder batted .256 with 139 homers, 578 RBIs, 274 steals and 73 triples in 14 seasons from 2008-2021.
