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08-06-2006, 17:33
Hello Ladies and Gents :wave:
Just wanted to make sure that everyone heard the great news that Sophie went home from hospital today! What a brave little girl... She has suffered two horrific accidents already in her 5 year life span yet she still has a smile on her face... Inspirational!
Sophie Delezio walks out of hospital
Thursday Jun 8 13:38 AEST
Burns survivor Sophie Delezio has walked out of hospital, almost five weeks after a accident in which she was hit by a car on a Sydney pedestrian crossing. Clutching her parents' hands, the beaming five-year-old was dressed in a pink fairy dress and held a small pink bag. Her smile belied the weeks of intensive and painful treatment she has endured at Sydney Children's Hospital.
Sophie was run down by the car while being pushed in a stroller across Frenchs Forest Road at Seaforth on May 5. She suffered multiple fractures and a tear in one lung.
Outside the hospital, her father Ron Delezio praised Sophie's courage.
"A lot of people think that we might be the most unlucky family in the world with two accidents, but I like to think the other way, that we're probably the luckiest parents alive with having Sophie survive a second accident," Mr Delezio told reporters.
"Without all their help I don't know how Sophie would have survived. "It's been a team effort all the way along."
It is the second serious accident Sophie has survived in less than three years. She suffered horrific burns when a car crashed into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, on Sydney's northern beaches, in December 2003. She lost both feet and suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in that accident. Sophie's paediatrician Jonny Taitz said Sophie had been "an absolute delight". "I have been a paediatrician and doctor for nearly 15 years and it has been such a singular privilege to work with the Delezio family," he told reporters.
Dr Taitz thanked the hospital's "unsung heroes", saying that for all of them, Sophie's return home "was the best bit". "She is an incredible five-year-old girl who has defied the odds not once, but twice," he said.
Sophie's fighting spirit captured hearts around the world. Within 48 hours of her second accident, Sophie had received 1,500 messages of support from people in 31 countries. Mr Delezio said the family would not have weathered the ordeal as well without the support of the public. "Thanks again to all of Australia. You have made us feel very special," he said.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has praised Sophie's courage. "(Sophie is) a little girl who's captured the hearts of an entire nation with her courage and determination," Mr Iemma told reporters. "As she goes home, she goes home a lot earlier than what was predicted when that terrible accident caused her injuries and hospitalisation. "And that's just more evidence of this extraordinary little girl's courage."
Prime Minister John Howard described Sophie Delezio as an inspiration. He said he had written a letter to Sophie a few days ago wishing her well. "I think that all Australians marvel at the courage of that lovely little girl," Mr Howard told reporters in Sydney. "I wrote her a little note a few days ago wishing her well and expressing my personal regard for her. "She sadly was a victim but gee she is an inspiration to all of us." Mr Howard said he felt sorry for everyone involved in Sophie's second accident. "It was just one of these terrible events that nobody in a sense is responsible for," he said.
The elderly driver of the car that struck Sophie on the pedestrian crossing has been charged over the accident. (extracted from www.ninemsn.com.au)
Just wanted to make sure that everyone heard the great news that Sophie went home from hospital today! What a brave little girl... She has suffered two horrific accidents already in her 5 year life span yet she still has a smile on her face... Inspirational!
Sophie Delezio walks out of hospital
Thursday Jun 8 13:38 AEST
Burns survivor Sophie Delezio has walked out of hospital, almost five weeks after a accident in which she was hit by a car on a Sydney pedestrian crossing. Clutching her parents' hands, the beaming five-year-old was dressed in a pink fairy dress and held a small pink bag. Her smile belied the weeks of intensive and painful treatment she has endured at Sydney Children's Hospital.
Sophie was run down by the car while being pushed in a stroller across Frenchs Forest Road at Seaforth on May 5. She suffered multiple fractures and a tear in one lung.
Outside the hospital, her father Ron Delezio praised Sophie's courage.
"A lot of people think that we might be the most unlucky family in the world with two accidents, but I like to think the other way, that we're probably the luckiest parents alive with having Sophie survive a second accident," Mr Delezio told reporters.
"Without all their help I don't know how Sophie would have survived. "It's been a team effort all the way along."
It is the second serious accident Sophie has survived in less than three years. She suffered horrific burns when a car crashed into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, on Sydney's northern beaches, in December 2003. She lost both feet and suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in that accident. Sophie's paediatrician Jonny Taitz said Sophie had been "an absolute delight". "I have been a paediatrician and doctor for nearly 15 years and it has been such a singular privilege to work with the Delezio family," he told reporters.
Dr Taitz thanked the hospital's "unsung heroes", saying that for all of them, Sophie's return home "was the best bit". "She is an incredible five-year-old girl who has defied the odds not once, but twice," he said.
Sophie's fighting spirit captured hearts around the world. Within 48 hours of her second accident, Sophie had received 1,500 messages of support from people in 31 countries. Mr Delezio said the family would not have weathered the ordeal as well without the support of the public. "Thanks again to all of Australia. You have made us feel very special," he said.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has praised Sophie's courage. "(Sophie is) a little girl who's captured the hearts of an entire nation with her courage and determination," Mr Iemma told reporters. "As she goes home, she goes home a lot earlier than what was predicted when that terrible accident caused her injuries and hospitalisation. "And that's just more evidence of this extraordinary little girl's courage."
Prime Minister John Howard described Sophie Delezio as an inspiration. He said he had written a letter to Sophie a few days ago wishing her well. "I think that all Australians marvel at the courage of that lovely little girl," Mr Howard told reporters in Sydney. "I wrote her a little note a few days ago wishing her well and expressing my personal regard for her. "She sadly was a victim but gee she is an inspiration to all of us." Mr Howard said he felt sorry for everyone involved in Sophie's second accident. "It was just one of these terrible events that nobody in a sense is responsible for," he said.
The elderly driver of the car that struck Sophie on the pedestrian crossing has been charged over the accident. (extracted from www.ninemsn.com.au)