Doctor reveals why Yankees legend Brett Gardner and family didn't suffer same tragic fate as son Miller

After Costa Rican authorities officially confirmed Miller Gardner's death was caused by c monoxide poisoning, a forensic pathologist has suggested wherefore his household didn't endure a akin fate. 

Miller, the 14-year-old lad of New York Yankees fable Brett Gardner, died abruptly connected March 21 portion connected vacation astatine the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort aft helium and his household members fell sick. 

Miller and the remainder of the Gardner family, including his dada Brett, ma Jessica, and older member Hunter, 16, had each suffered terrible tummy cramps, vomiting and diarrhea pursuing meal astatine an extracurricular edifice the nighttime earlier the tragedy. 

It is unclear if the sickness was related to Miller's decease but Dr. Maikel Vargas-Sanabria, a forensic pathologist, has analyzed wherefore his household members didn't besides succumb to c monoxide poisoning. 

'Various factors tin impact however delicate a idiosyncratic is to c monoxide successful a room,' Vargas-Sanabria, a prof astatine the University of Costa Rica, told Us Weekly.

'For example, c monoxide is simply a state that is believed to beryllium denser than air, truthful it tends to accumulate successful the little parts of a room. So, for instance, if determination are radical lasting and others lying down successful the aforesaid room, the state volition scope the idiosyncratic person to the level first. The 1 who is lying down volition beryllium affected sooner than idiosyncratic lasting oregon positioned higher.'

Vargas-Sanabria, who is not affiliated with the case, went connected to explicate that idiosyncratic connected the little bunk of bunk beds would beryllium exposed to the state sooner than the apical bunk, for example. 

It is unclear what the Gardner's accommodation arrangements were. However, Randall Zuniga - wide manager of the OIJ - theorized earlier successful the week that the contamination dispersed from a 'mechanical room' adjacent to the family's impermanent room. 

Vargas-Sanabria noted that Miller whitethorn person been much impacted by the perilous state owed to the magnitude of clip helium stayed successful the room. 

'If they were contiguous during a highest successful c monoxide emanation — let's accidental the instrumentality country was adjacent door, and the instrumentality happened to beryllium moving harder than accustomed — past much combustion would beryllium happening,' helium said. 'If that combustion was incomplete and determination was a leak into the room, the idiosyncratic could endure acute poisoning close past and there.'

'It makes a batch much consciousness that if determination was a leak, the c monoxide could person entered his country and filled it entirely, causing his death,' helium added, noting the proximity of Miller's country to the mechanical room. 

Vargas-Sanabria besides explained that immoderate individuals whitethorn beryllium much susceptible owed antithetic factors circumstantial to them. 

'There are besides factors circumstantial to each idiosyncratic that tin play a role,' helium stated. 'For example, if idiosyncratic has anemia — which means a reduced magnitude of hemoglobin successful the blood, less reddish humor cells, et cetera — that idiosyncratic volition beryllium affected much rapidly oregon severely than idiosyncratic with mean hemoglobin levels. Logically, a idiosyncratic with little hemoglobin requires a smaller magnitude to go saturated than a steadfast idiosyncratic with much hemoglobin.'

Miller was discovered not breathing the greeting aft the full household had go violently sick with 'severe' symptoms. 

While it is chartless if the symptoms were caused by c monoxide poisoning, Vargas-Sanabria suggested it was possible. 

'If c monoxide concentrations are low, a idiosyncratic mightiness acquisition symptoms that won't termination them but volition marque them consciousness unwell,' helium said. 'Like headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, wide discomfort.'

Mystery had shrouded Miller's decease with asphyxiation and nutrient poisoning some ruled retired by examiners, earlier the authoritative toxicology study confirmed that Miller had died from vulnerability to c monoxide, aft a saturation level of 64% was recovered successful his room.

The report, released by OIJ manager Zuniga precocious connected Wednesday, added that 'concentrations supra 50% are already lethal.'

He added: 'In this case, the saturation percent is higher, frankincense proving the police's proposal that the decease was owed to vulnerability to c monoxide.'

Zuniga besides confirmed that the lawsuit has present officially been closed, and revealed that tests for different drugs had besides returned antagonistic results.

He explained: 'Other cause tests were conducted, including fentanyl and different substances; each were negative.'

The adjacent step, arsenic the Gardner household await the greenish airy to bring Miller's assemblage backmost to the US, is for the OIJ to nonstop the toxicology study to the Department of Forensic Medicine, per section reports .

On Tuesday, the lawsuit had taken a daze twist aft a spokesperson for the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort - wherever the Gardners were staying - initially denied the police's findings.

'The levels successful the edifice country were non-existent and non-lethal. There was an mistake successful this archetypal reporting,' a spokesperson for the edifice told the New York Post. 

The constabulary had initially reported 'high levels of c monoxide contamination' successful the edifice room, but were awaiting confirmation from the toxicology reports.

The hotel, meanwhile, said that the c monoxide levels were detected successful a 'mechanical country that guests bash not occupy,' alternatively than the impermanent country itself. 

The Gardners' impermanent country was closed off 'out of an abundance of caution' arsenic they 'await for conclusive results to corroborate the origin of this unfortunate death,' Arenas Del Mar added.

The high-end resort, wherever reservations outgo arsenic overmuch arsenic $1,300 per night, has reportedly slashed its prices with its top-end rooms present said to beryllium listed for $998.

Brett and woman Jessica shared a heartbreaking tribute to their precocious lad successful an affectional obituary Monday.

'The void Miller's passing leaves successful the hearts of his family, friends, teammates, teachers, coaches and others volition beryllium felt for years,' the household wrote.

A backstage solemnisation of beingness volition beryllium held for Miller astatine an undisclosed aboriginal date. The work volition beryllium reserved for household and adjacent friends.