‘She needs specialized care': 4-year-old girl faces deportation amid battle with medical condition
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — 'She likes to travel, she likes to go to the supermarket,' said Deysi Vargas, Sofia's mom.
What might seem like normal activities, are a whole new experience for this little four-year-old. For her first three years, a life-threatening condition kept her inside the walls of hospitals all day, every day.
'My daughter was born with a syndrome in the intestines and she needs specialized care to survive,' said Vargas. 'Sofia is connected 14 hours at night. During the day, its four times…its a gastro-tube which lasts for one hour.'
When doctors in Mexico couldn't help, Vargas knew she needed to do more to save her daughter's life.
'She applied to enter the United States to get better treatment for her daughter, and waited until that application was granted before coming here,' said Rebecca Brown, Sofia's lawyer.
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Vargas' daughter found a specialized team in a Los Angeles children's hospital, and was finally able to leave the hospital with a feeding system she carries as a backpack.
The family found a home in Bakersfield, but in April everything changed for them.
'In the last few months we received letters from immigration cancelling our humanitarian parole and my work permit,' said Vargas. 'In these letters they tell us that we run the risk of being deported and the best thing that we should do is to leave.'
That might be a death sentence for this little one, as the feeding system that keeps her alive is not available in Mexico.
The family has set up a GoFundMe and you can click here to donate.
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