Life Flight

Para 2

But little Arlo proved to be a fighter from day one. You see, doctors had also warned Arlo’s parents Chris and Leanne that he wouldn’t cry at birth … so when they heard Arlo’s little ‘wah!’ in the delivery room, it felt like an absolute miracle.

As you can see, baby Arlo was doing everything he could to defy the odds. But he was still too small. Too sick. Only a few days later, he developed sepsis.

Which is why your support is so important.

You see, like so many other children in NZ, Arlo needed more specialised care than his local hospital could provide.

The team there were doing their absolute best, but as Chris says,

“Wellington just didn’t have the expertise or facilities to deal with renal failure in babies. New Zealand had never performed dialysis on a newborn with Prune  Belly syndrome before.”

This meant that Arlo needed to get to Auckland as soon as possible. By road, this trip would take about nine hours – a huge risk for such a vulnerable and sick little baby.