Doctors for Mercy Gilbert Medical Center for Gilbert, Arizona, pronounce 18-month-old Vincent Fiordilino dead on February 8, 2026, after dem find am inside family pool. But nearly five hours later, dem find the small boy alive inside hospital morgue, or cold room, when Medical Examiner transport arrive.
Vincent mother, Alexus Fiordilino, sit down for her first interview after the incident and talk through tears say her son end up inside morgue and e dey alone. She say she just want help and she remember reaching hospital and believing say the people there go help her. She describe the day as one of the worst days of her life and say she had to say goodbye.
According to documents wey family attorney share, Vincent arrive Mercy Gilbert around 6:04 p.m. on February 8 after e nearly drown inside swimming pool. At 6:08 p.m., doctor order arterial blood gas test to check oxygen inside blood. Dem cancel that test. At 6:11 p.m., dem collect labs. At 6:20 p.m., nine minutes later, dem pronounce Vincent dead.
Body-camera footage show officers ask at 6:13 p.m. say, ‘Do we have results on the gas yet?’ Staff answer say dem no get am. The results no come until 6:38 p.m., 18 minutes after dem don declare Vincent dead. Documents also show say the doctor no sign him report until the day after dem find Vincent alive.
Police records and body-camera video show officers observe apparent signs of life after dem pronounce Vincent dead. Family attorney also raise question about the timing of the blood-gas test, and the attorney say dem go file complaint against the hospital and the doctor next week. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office talk say e never decide whether e go review the case at this time.
Alexus talk say emergency room doctor, Dr. Aryan Toosi, come meet her about next steps. She say the doctor come back maybe five or ten minutes later and tell her say Vincent pH levels too high and too acidic, so even if dem bring am back, e no go be good form of life, e go just dey suffer, and e think e best to call the time.
She say she beg make dem bring her son back and she hug Vincent as she say goodbye. ‘He was so cold,’ Alexus talk. She also say family members question whether the toddler still dey breathe before dem carry am back to morgue. Her mother-in-law hug the boy and talk say e sound like he dey breathe, but staff tell dem say na normal.
Alexus talk say she beg police officers and fire department to save Vincent, and she remember begging Vincent to come back. She say she believe if doctors wait for the lab results, her son go dey for very different place. She also talk say: ‘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.’
