A household vacation took a scary flip after a toddler suffered a life-threatening mind haemorrhage in Mexico.
Natasha Sargeant and Liam Millen’s household journey to tropical paradise Cancun changed into each mother or father’s worst nightmare when 19-month-old Sienna-Rose out of the blue collapsed earlier this week.
Simply moments earlier than, the completely happy tot was taking part in along with her two older brothers Harry, 13, and Liam, 11.
The household, from Croxteth close to Liverpool, rushed to a Cancun hospital with the little woman the place she had life-saving surgical procedure following the bleed and swelling on her mind.
Natasha, 31, stated she doesn’t have ‘any phrases to explain what now we have been by way of – it’s been completely horrific.’
Sienna-Rose didn’t obtain remedy immediately as the primary hospital requested the household for £4,000 up entrance for a CT scan and an in a single day keep, Liverpool Echo reported.
At a second hospital, the CT scan was damaged, in order that they continued to a 3rd hospital the place medics discovered a blood clot. At this level, Sienna-Rose had thrown up ‘about 50 instances,’ mum Natasha stated.
‘I used to be beside myself – I used to be begging the surgeon to save lots of her life. He stated he did this surgical procedure on a regular basis. His assistant stated he was the very best neurosurgeon within the nation and if she didn’t have the surgical procedure she would die,’ she recalled.
‘It’s been completely horrendous. She is essentially the most completely happy, beautiful little child. To see her like that is completely horrendous. I’d by no means want what we’re going by way of on anybody.’
After a gruelling three-and-a-half hour surgical procedure to take away the blood clot, the docs described her as ‘a ticking timebomb’ because the blood clot had been hidden in her mind for months.
However Sienna-Rose’s battle is much from over but.
Her subsequent steps will ‘rely on how she responds to see if there’s any lasting harm’ to her mind, Natasha defined, and stated that Sienna-Rose is saved sedated more often than not.
The hospital, which lacks air-con, doesn’t have paracetamol, so the dad and mom have taken turns to get it, Natasha instructed the outlet.
The household needs to come back residence urgently, however they have been instructed a medical flight would price £45,000, which they don’t have, Natash stated.
Now, her sister in regulation Amy McFadden has arrange a GoFundMe marketing campaign to cowl remedy and the specialist flight to convey little Sienna-Rose residence.
Amy stated: ‘So far as we all know, we don’t understand how lengthy it is going to take for Sienna to get well, when she might be match to fly residence, how lengthy they are going to be on the market for, thousand of miles away from residence and climate or not Sienna can have any lasting mind harm.’
Natasha continued: ‘I can’t describe the sensation over the previous three days. It’s been the worst days of our lives. The toughest factor will not be understanding. What can we do?
‘We’re placing all our belief within the docs to save lots of Sienna. It feels so lonely. We have been purported to be making recollections with the household – it’s completely heartbreaking.’
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