Estelle’s Survival: Intermountain Health, Santiago Family Celebrate Air Ambulance Mission to Uruguay
The global team secured a landing permit in 36 hours and flew Estelle Santiago to Utah after she developed multi-organ failure, officials said.
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Estelle’s survival: Intermountain Health, Santiago family celebrate air ambulance mission to Uruguay
When Estelle Santiago suddenly fell ill in December 2025, the then-3 year old was more than 6,000 miles from her Midway home. Estelle was visiting her grandparents on their Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church mission to Uruguay. First came an upset stomach — a seemingly standard sickness, according to Estelle’s father, Michael Santiago. But that was soon followed by unrelenting vomiting. Estelle woke her parents with pleas for water days …
Midway toddler reunited with Intermountain flight team that saved her life during 6,300-mile emergency transport
MIDWAY, Utah — Six months after a medical emergency overseas nearly claimed her life, a Midway toddler celebrated her fourth birthday surrounded by the people who helped bring her home. Estelle Santiago and her family recently reunited with the Intermountain Health Flight & Ambulance team that flew more than 6,300 miles from Utah to Uruguay and back to transport her to lifesaving medical care at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital. Medical…
MIDWAY, UTAH- What began as a family visit to see her grandparents, who were serving on a religious mission in Uruguay, became a nightmare for a Utah family when Estelle Santiago, just three years old at the time, became seriously ill and on the verge of death. Thanks to the rapid intervention of an Intermountain Health medical transport team, the minor was able to be transferred back to Utah for advanced medical care. The team traveled aboard a…
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