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Rescue offer for the parents of an Australian baby girl fighting for her life in Bali, but one thing must happen before she can return home
- Baby Lucky could be on her way to Australia if her condition improves
- Specialists have warned that it is too fragile to be transported.
- Medical Rescue has offered to fly it with a ‘mobile ICU’
The Australian baby who has been fighting for her life in a Balinese hospital has been offered a lifeline with a serious stipulation.
Lucky’s family have been contacted by Medical Rescue, who have offered to fly the seriously ill baby back home on a plane, however it can only happen when her condition improves.
Lucky was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with a serious bacterial infection on Wednesday after her mother, Honey Ahimsa, noticed the seven-week-old was having difficulty breathing.
She was placed on a ventilator after the bacterial infection severely affected her lungs.
Seven-week-old Lucky (pictured with her parents) has received an offer to fly home once her condition improves.
Lucky’s mother, Honey Ahimsa, as well as pediatric specialists warned that the baby is in too fragile a condition to be transported at this time.
Medical Rescue uses rescue helicopters, fixed-wing air ambulances, and telemedicine support.
However, Ms Ahimsa revealed on Friday that pediatric specialists in both Australia and Singapore believe Lucky’s condition is too fragile to transport.
His clinical operations manager, Josh Campbell, told 7News that Lucky’s family has been offered “essentially a mobile intensive care unit” that includes a recovery doctor and a pediatric intensive care nurse.
However, Ms Ahimsa said pediatric specialists in both Australia and Singapore believe Lucky’s condition is too fragile to transport.
“It’s a very delicate operation, as you can imagine,” Campbell said.
“We must make it better and more stable before it can be transported,” Ms Ahimsa wrote in an Instagram post.
“She is fighting hard, yesterday there was a small improvement that is a miracle.”
Then he added: ‘The hospital has more specialized staff and better equipment/medicine.’
Lucky was transferred to another hospital Friday night to give her a better chance of survival.
Lucky has been on a ventilator since she arrived at Siloam Hospital in Denpasar on Wednesday, unable to breathe on her own.
She was transferred to another hospital on Friday night where she can receive more comprehensive treatment and potentially recover to the point where she can travel back to Australia.
“A bed has been opened in a better hospital, Lucky has been in the queue ever since he arrived,” Ms Ahimsa posted.
‘It’s time to move her, soon we’ll go in the ambulance.
‘My heart is pounding.’
Doctors told Ms. Ahimsa and her fiancé Pan that their baby may not survive and at best has a 50-50 chance of survival.
Lucky’s story has captured the hearts of many, with an online fundraiser reaching over $170,000 in just 4,000 donations in just a few days.
Hospital care currently costs the family between $5,000 and $8,000 per day, and the flight to Brisbane is currently listed at $106,000.
Baby Lucky remains on a ventilator fighting for her life