Bethany Hamilton has pleaded for a clinical miracle after her three-twelve months-dilapidated nephew used to be found unconscious in a bath.
The pro surfer took to Instagram to explain the accident happened on Friday evening and the toddler used to be airlifted to a effectively being facility in Oahu, Hawaii, by strategy of helicopter.
“He still has a heartbeat and has fight in him,” she wrote alongside a characterize of her nephew holding a surfboard.
“We are wrecked,” the shark attack survivor added. “But I know how proper medical support can make or break someone’s chance of survival.
“In this case we’re asking for attend from any individual who has information of what we can device to give my nephew the explicit probability,” Bethany continued.
Bethany’s brother, Noah Hamilton, referred to his nephew as a “resilient baby” and an “amazing swimmer”, as reported by the Daily Mail.
“He’s three-and-a-half of going on 5,” Noah said. “He’s an actual resilient baby and an amazing swimmer. He used to be found now not breathing in the shallow water of a bathtub. His vitals maintain been enough to gather him to Oahu.”
Bethany later gave an update to her followers, explaining she had been in touch with Dr Paul Harch, a hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinician.
Bethany inspired the 2011 movie Soul Surfer starring AnnaSophia Robb. The movie told the athlete’s story about how she lost her arm after being attacked by a tiger shark off the coast of Kauai in 2003 when she was 13 years old.
