{"id":18940,"date":"2026-02-15T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18940"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:11:48","slug":"botched-bbl-surgery-leaves-florida-woman-permanently-disabled-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18940","title":{"rendered":"Botched BBL surgery leaves Florida woman permanently disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"154\">A confidence-boosting procedure has left a Florida family in crisis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"393\">Daidys Pe\u00f1a, 50, had a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) at A&amp;E Med Spa in May 2023. Her husband, Jorge Fernandez, says the surgery caused a pulmonary embolism that left her with severe brain damage, unable to walk, talk, or eat independently.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"528\">\u201cShe was my first love,\u201d Jorge said. Despite warnings from doctors, Daidys survived but now relies on a feeding tube and 24\/7 care.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"808\">Jorge has filed a lawsuit against A&amp;E Med Spa and Dr. Fermin Esteban Morales, who performed the procedure. Though licensed as a general surgeon, Morales is not board-certified in plastic surgery. Attorney Lavenia Santos claims the spa misled patients into believing otherwise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1136\">Florida law allows any licensed physician to perform cosmetic procedures, but Santos argues that patients would reconsider if fully informed. Morales\u2019 work has faced scrutiny before, including a patient death earlier this year. A&amp;E Med Spa denies the claims and says Morales no longer works there; Morales has not commented.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1317\">Friends have launched a GoFundMe to cover Daidys\u2019 ongoing care, seeking $25,000 after seven months in hospital. Jorge focuses on preventing others from facing a similar tragedy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1335\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A confidence-boosting procedure has left a Florida family in crisis. Daidys Pe\u00f1a, 50, had a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) at A&amp;E Med Spa in May 2023. Her husband, Jorge Fernandez, says the surgery caused a pulmonary embolism that left her with severe brain damage, unable to walk, talk, or eat independently. \u201cShe was my first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18940\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Botched BBL surgery leaves Florida woman permanently disabled&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18942,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940\/revisions\/18942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}