Phelicity Sneesby (girl in Feb broadcast)

[Guest Nicole]

Phelicity is home! Sick girl uses GoFundMe to cover flight to Australia.

AUSTRALIA — A 13-year-old whose family raised money at a GoFundMe page to cover her return trip from Ohio to Australia has safely returned home, her family announced Wednesday.

'Phelicity is safely back in Australia. Her family will never have the words to describe how thankful they are to all be together during this difficult time. We love you all very much and Thank you for helping us give our girl her wish!

Her mom sent an update to ABC 6/FOX 28's Maria Durant Tuesday afternoon, thanking the community for everything, and detailing what it took to get their daughter home.

"The last day I saw you, she went into a coma and Ben had to return to Ohio as we did not think that she would survive. But in true Phelicity style she came through and became stable enough to fly. The doctors at Nationwide worked tirelessly to make this happen. Last Saturday was the day and we arrived in Brisbane on Monday. The flight was well planned and we had no delays; the ambulance was ready to collect us when we landed in Brisbane and she went straight to the ICU at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital and was stabilised. It has taken her the past two days to gain a little strength and work out pain control. Now the doctors in Brisbane are working on a way to get her back to our house next week and still provide Phelicity with the care she needs. Our family is thankful that we can be together during this painful time and spend the days ahead with Phelicity."

Phelicity Sneesby's family received a huge outpouring of support in late January after announcing they needed help returning to Australia. The Sneesby family has been traveling back and forth from Australia to Nationwide Children's Hospital for the last 13 years.

Their daughter, Phelicity, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, basically meaning she only had half a heart.

"We basically have been traveling to Ohio for 13 years," Veronica Sneesby said. " Nationwide Children's Hospital is the best place for children with congenital heart defect."

Phelicity also developed another condition. This condition depletes protein from Phelicity's intestines and affects her immune system.

Phelicity can't travel commercially because of her condition. She needed a medical flight and that costs $150,000.

Source: http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/phelicity-is-home-sick-girl-uses-gofundme-to-cover-medical-flight-to-australia

[Ann O'Maly]

I'm so glad she made it home, but it's heartbreaking to see her so ill. My thoughts are with her, her family and friends.

[The Librarian]

[Guest Nicole]

[JAMMY]

https://www.gofundme.com/phelicitysneesby

[JAMMY]

Sad news about Phelicity Sneesby

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https://www.gofundme.com/phelicitysneesby

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Our family had to say goodbye to our precious daughter. She died faithful and surrounded by family. Today I have a greater appreciation for Ec 7:1, because on the day of her death she certainly had a good name. I'm at a loss to explain our pain and how sad we are. We will mourn for her until we see her again. When she is resurrected she will have so many to teach about Jehovah and then she will marry and have her babies that she longed to have. Thank you to each and every one of you who helped get her home so she could be with her family during this time.