Liverpool news: Toddler rushed to hospital to remove blood clot after family suffer holiday from hell
A family's dream holiday to Mexico turned into a nightmare when their 19-month-old toddler suffered a brain haemorrhage and had to undergo life-saving surgery.Natasha Sargeant, 31, from Liverpool, told the ECHO: "I don't have any words to describe what we have been through - it's been absolutely horrific."The family are now stranded thousands of miles from their Croxteth home, anxiously waiting to find out if little Sienna-Rose has any lasting brain damage.The toddler collapsed earlier this week while playing with her older brothers in Cancun and underwent emergency surgery to remove a blood clot.Sienna-Rose collapsed while on holidayGoFundMeNatasha and her partner Liam Millen, 39, had been sight-seeing around Mexico with children Harry, 13, Liam, 11, and Sienna-Rose when the incident occurred.The family were packing and planning the next part of their journey to Tulum when Sienna-Rose "dropped to the floor like she was having a seizure"."Next minute she was constantly vomiting. We didn't know if she had banged her head," Natasha said.The desperate parents rushed to the nearest hospital but were told it would cost £4,000 upfront for a CT scan and overnight stay. After being refused treatment, they tried another hospital 30 minutes away, only to find the CT machine was broken.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSThe family had been in Cancun when the incident happened (file pic)GettyBy the time they reached a third hospital, Natasha said Sienna-Rose had "vomited about 50 times".A CT scan revealed her brain had suffered a haemorrhage and had doubled in size due to fluid. "I was beside myself - I was begging the surgeon to save her life," Natasha told the ECHO.Sienna-Rose underwent a three-and-a-half-hour operation to remove the blood clot. The surgeon informed the family that the clot had been present for several months, making the toddler "a ticking timebomb"."She is the most happy, lovely little baby. To see her like this is absolutely horrendous," the distraught mother said.Natasha described the hospital as hot with no air conditioning and lacking basic supplies like paracetamol."I've been running around to buy some to try and help bring down her fever. If not it will kill her," she said.Only one family member is allowed at Sienna-Rose's bedside at a time. The toddler currently has a shunt in her head and remains mostly sedated .The British Embassy has advised a medical flight would be best for returning home, but this would cost around £45,000 - money the family does not have.They remain uncertain if Sienna-Rose will be fit to fly due to concerns about additional blood clots. A fundraiser has been set up by Natasha's sister-in-law Amy McFadden to help the family with medical and transportation costs."We have been getting messages of support but it's not like people can just jump on a flight because we're 10 hours away. We really appreciate all the offers of help and support," Natasha said.
