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Members of the Goodrich family – with mum Letisha and Charli at centre – presented the proceeds of their raffle to the Children’s Hospital Foundation in Brisbane (Photo: CHF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 14, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four-year-old Charli Goodrich was a happy and healthy little girl before she unexpectedly became sick one morning in February last year.<\/p>\n

Her parents rushed her to Kingaroy Hospital, where doctors diagnosed she had a collapsed lung, and arranged a transfer to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.<\/p>\n

But when Charli\u2019s condition started to deteriorate, doctors determined she had also acquired Respiratory Syncytial Virus.<\/p>\n

So with the help of Brisbane surgeons via video link, SCU Hospital’s medical staff inserted a tube into Charli’s lungs to help her breathe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charli\u2019s mother Letisha Goodrich said at this point the little girl was also diagnosed with double pneumonia and a golden staph infection.<\/p>\n

And then Charli developed sepsis and her tiny body went into shock.<\/p>\n

Charli was intubated, stabilised and airlifted to the Queensland Children\u2019s Hospital in Brisbane where doctors feared she had only 30 minutes to live.<\/p>\n

The little girl was rushed into four hours of surgery and afterwards, was placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to keep her heart and lungs functioning and let her body heal.<\/p>\n

In all, Charli was in the Intensive Care Unit at the Queensland Children\u2019s Hospital for the next seven weeks.<\/p>\n

But it was an ordeal her family says they are eternally grateful for, because it saved their daughter\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

The hospital was also where Charli and her family got to know the Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letisha said the Foundation helped Charli and the family through some of their toughest days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation was there for us when we needed it most. I am a person that likes to repay favours and I thought even if I could just help a little bit, it would count,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The family sold one of their heifers to purchase a large camp fire oven and started a raffle to raise funds.<\/p>\n

They ended up raising $15,100 to help fund lifesaving research and medical equipment.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, 18 months after her narrow escape from death, Charli has now made a full recovery.<\/p>\n