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Sophie De Lezio
Little fighter ... Sophie Delezio recovering from her burns at Westmead Childrens' Hospital / File picture
Little Sophie on life support
From: AAP
May 05, 2006
SOPHIE Delezio, the little girl who won the nation's heart when she survived an horrific accident at her daycare centre in 2003, is on life support in hospital tonight after being struck by a car.
Father Ron Delezio said the five-year-old was struck by a small sedan as her pram was pushed across a pedestrian crossing on Frenchs Forest Road in Seaforth, in Sydney's north, at about 4pm (AEST).
"She was in a pram crossing the road and someone didn't stop," Mr Delezio told Macquarie radio. "It just hit the pram." Sophie was airlifted to Sydney Children's Hospital, where acting executive director Dr Michael Brydon tonight said she had suffered significant injuries.
"She is very critical, she is on life support, and she is being very well managed from a pain point of view," Dr Brydon said outside the hospital in Randwick.
"At this stage, it is a little bit early to tell you the extent of them (her injuries) but she certainly has head injuries and chest injuries which are quite significant.
"She has had a very significant injury and we are worried about her. Her condition has not stabilised."
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Dr Brydon said her burns injuries from 2003 were complicating the medical team's efforts to assess her new injuries.
"Certainly, a little girl with injuries of her magnitude will certainly complicate her assessment and we're watching those and getting further information from Westmead (hospital)," he said.
Hospital staff, like much of the country, were left shocked by Sophie's accident, Dr Brydon said.
"I think this has rocked the whole of NSW, the whole country," he said.
"I think it's just a major blow to us all.
"The team that are looking after her are doing their darnedest to make sure she makes it another recovery."
Sophie was badly burnt in December 2003 when a car burst into flames after slamming into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, in Sydney's northern beaches.
Sophie, then aged two, and her friend Molly Wood, also two, were pinned under the car and spent months in hospital recovering from critical burns.
Sophie lost both her feet, some fingers and her right ear in the accident.
Sophie's distraught mother Carolyn had asked people to pray for her little girl as police rushed her into the emergency department earlier tonight.
Lana Edser heard the mother's plea and took her daughters Jessica, four, and Lili, seven, to the hospital to begin a candlelight vigil.
Ms Edser, who lives nearby, said she did not know the Delezio family but felt sick to the stomach when she heard of the accident.
"I thought I would come and light a candle and say a prayer and hope for a miracle," she said.
"I thought of my own little girls. I'm not the most religious person in the world but the only way this poor child is going to come through is if everyone prays.
"I hope a lot more people will come and do the same thing."
The hospital said it had already received thousands of calls from people offering prayers and messages of support.
Sophie De Lezio
Little fighter ... Sophie Delezio recovering from her burns at Westmead Childrens' Hospital / File picture
Little Sophie on life support
From: AAP
May 05, 2006
SOPHIE Delezio, the little girl who won the nation's heart when she survived an horrific accident at her daycare centre in 2003, is on life support in hospital tonight after being struck by a car.
Father Ron Delezio said the five-year-old was struck by a small sedan as her pram was pushed across a pedestrian crossing on Frenchs Forest Road in Seaforth, in Sydney's north, at about 4pm (AEST).
"She was in a pram crossing the road and someone didn't stop," Mr Delezio told Macquarie radio. "It just hit the pram." Sophie was airlifted to Sydney Children's Hospital, where acting executive director Dr Michael Brydon tonight said she had suffered significant injuries.
"She is very critical, she is on life support, and she is being very well managed from a pain point of view," Dr Brydon said outside the hospital in Randwick.
"At this stage, it is a little bit early to tell you the extent of them (her injuries) but she certainly has head injuries and chest injuries which are quite significant.
"She has had a very significant injury and we are worried about her. Her condition has not stabilised."
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Dr Brydon said her burns injuries from 2003 were complicating the medical team's efforts to assess her new injuries.
"Certainly, a little girl with injuries of her magnitude will certainly complicate her assessment and we're watching those and getting further information from Westmead (hospital)," he said.
Hospital staff, like much of the country, were left shocked by Sophie's accident, Dr Brydon said.
"I think this has rocked the whole of NSW, the whole country," he said.
"I think it's just a major blow to us all.
"The team that are looking after her are doing their darnedest to make sure she makes it another recovery."
Sophie was badly burnt in December 2003 when a car burst into flames after slamming into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, in Sydney's northern beaches.
Sophie, then aged two, and her friend Molly Wood, also two, were pinned under the car and spent months in hospital recovering from critical burns.
Sophie lost both her feet, some fingers and her right ear in the accident.
Sophie's distraught mother Carolyn had asked people to pray for her little girl as police rushed her into the emergency department earlier tonight.
Lana Edser heard the mother's plea and took her daughters Jessica, four, and Lili, seven, to the hospital to begin a candlelight vigil.
Ms Edser, who lives nearby, said she did not know the Delezio family but felt sick to the stomach when she heard of the accident.
"I thought I would come and light a candle and say a prayer and hope for a miracle," she said.
"I thought of my own little girls. I'm not the most religious person in the world but the only way this poor child is going to come through is if everyone prays.
"I hope a lot more people will come and do the same thing."
The hospital said it had already received thousands of calls from people offering prayers and messages of support.
