Overview
- Ortiz remains under care at Hospital Cayetano Heredia after a medical board approved the amputation because the clot had destroyed tissue and posed a life-threatening risk.
- His wife, Pamela Flores, says he is deeply depressed, refuses visits, and has not engaged with offers of psychological support.
- She reports constant nightmares and pain he feels in the missing limb, which doctors identified as phantom limb pain that often needs both pain control and therapy.
- His son, Christian, is praying surgeons preserved a stump that can fit a prosthetic, as the family now faces tough clinical needs and mounting costs.
- Singer Ricky Trevitazo said he is organizing a benefit to support Ortiz and lamented that few from their circle have reached out.