WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — A 16-month-old girl is fighting for her life after a near drowning Wednesday morning.
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Around 9:41 a.m., White County firefighters responded to a drowning in the area of Ivy Hills Drive, in Cleveland, Ga.
Loved ones identified the child as 16-month-old Aurelia Gail Patricia Day.
Officials said a White County deputy who was nearby arrived on the scene and immediately began CPR on Day. Family says Day was found in a lake near the home.
According to a GoFundMe, it’s unknown how long Day was in the water before she was found. She was rushed to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville and then airlifted to Children’s Hospital of Atlanta.
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Loved ones say Day was without oxygen for nearly 45 minutes to an hour. Since then, she’s been kept on a ventilator. After getting an MRI, family says Day has about 70% to 80% brain damage.
“This princess needs all the love and support she can possibly can right now, because it will be an enormous uphill battle for her, but she’s a fighter,” the organizer of the GoFundMe, Kayla Hansen, Day’s grandmother, wrote.
If you would like to contribute to Day’s family, click here.
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