Pregnant couple stranded in Mexico face nearly $40k in costs to return home

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Pregnant couple stranded in Mexico face nearly $40k in costs to return home
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The pregnant mother and her fiancé, who is battling aggressive liver cancer, were given special exemption to leave Australia for medical treatment. Now they face exorbitant costs to come home. 9News

"I had to be here to support Jay, I couldn't let him go through this by himself," she said.

The couple has a flight to Madrid booked for Thursday, where they would have to quarantine for two weeks.

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