JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 16-month-old lady who almost drowned in a retention pond a month in the past and was left in a comatose state wants an experimental remedy to get better, her household says.

An costly one.

Ayla Pinkett’s household is banking on hyperbaric oxygen remedy, which restored a 2-year-old from Arkansas to well being after comparable circumstances.

RELATED: 16-month-old who almost drowned in retention pond wants experimental remedy

However the $12,000 remedy will not be lined by insurance coverage, Ayla’s mother and father stated.

They arrange a GoFundMe web page, which had raised almost $5,000 as of Tuesday.

Advert

On high of the group’s generosity, North Florida Hyperbarics stated it has chosen Ayla to be the recipient of the one charity case it takes per yr.

Between that and the donations raised thus far, the apply stated Ayla’s remedy needs to be lined.

On June 9, a JSO officer pulled the 16-month-old out of the retention pond on the Madelyn Oaks Flats. A resident, who didn’t need to be recognized, stated they witnessed the officer operating to the pond and leaping in to attempt to save the kid. She stated a upkeep employee additionally helped.

“They have been capable of do like teamwork. She was capable of give the child to the upkeep man, and now she’s attempting to assist herself get out of there as a result of she obtained on her security gear, her obligation belt, stuff like that,” the neighbor stated. “She did a tremendous job like doing what she may do.”

Advert

The household stated Ayla’s near-drowning resulted in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, which is a time period for mind dysfunction brought on by an absence of blood circulate and oxygen to the mind.

In accordance with Ayla’s household, medical doctors didn’t have a lot hope that Ayla would operate usually once more and advised the household that she might not make it. However Ayala’s mother and father are inspired by a 2-year-old from Arkansas who almost drowned in her household’s swimming pool.

In February 2016, Eden Carlson was underwater for not less than 10 minutes and wasn’t anticipated to outlive.

DONATE: Assist Ayala get Hyperbaric Oxygen remedy

Eden had extreme mind harm. She couldn’t communicate or stroll, and her mother and father have been advised she’d by no means be capable of once more. However after hyperbaric oxygen remedy over a number of months, her mind harm was reversed.

Advert

Eden is now capable of stroll, discuss and is again to being a standard little lady. Ayla’s household are hoping the identical remedy will convey her again too. Hyperbaric oxygen remedy entails placing a affected person in a particular hyperbaric chamber the place they breathe 100% pure oxygen. The remedy is cleared by the FDA for a number of accidents, like air bubbles in blood vessels and wounds.

“As a result of this little lady has obtained a lot promise and a lot life forward of her,” Ayala’s nice aunt, Kisha Whitehurst, stated. “She’s not even 2, you realize, and he or she’s there. She desires to be awake.”

Proper now, Ayla is secure however is respiratory with the assistance of a trach and is being fed by way of a tube.

Whitehurst stated when she thinks of Ayala, she thinks of vitality.

“She’s very vibrant, very glad,” Whitehurst stated. “Very a lot filled with character.”