A Minnesota man who fell ill with influenza during a Caribbean cruise was later landed with a medical bill totaling over $47,000.
Mike Cameron and girlfriend Tami Masterman — both of Braham, Minnesota — won a weeklong Norwegian Cruise Line trip that left Miami on Jan. 5, a trip that took on celebratory significance after Tami successfully had a cancerous mass removed from her lungs in October 2024.
But according to a GoFundMe set up by Cameron’s daughter, Krystal, things took a turn for the worse when Cameron fell ill and needed to visit the medical facility on the giant, 4,000-passenger Norwegian Encore cruise liner.
Cameron’s condition worsened, with his oxygen levels dropping significantly, requiring a trip to the ship’s ICU. The couple was told Cameron was diagnosed with Influenza A and