Family plead for help to bring their daughter in a coma with a brain tumour back to Australia

An Australian family fighting to save their daughter from a deadly brain tumour in Mexico have launched a desperate appeal to find the funds to bring her back home.

Five-year-old Annabelle Nguyen, from Perth, was sent to Mexico for treatment by her parents after she was given less than a year to live three years ago. 

After her parents originally claimed a cure had been found, Annabelle is now back in a coma and her the family say they can’t afford to bring her back to Australia.

An Australian family fighting to save their daughter from a deadly brain tumour in Mexico are pleading with the Government to find the funds to bring her back home. Annabelle Nguyen is pictured in a coma in hospital

An Australian family fighting to save their daughter from a deadly brain tumour in Mexico are pleading with the Government to find the funds to bring her back home. Annabelle Nguyen is pictured in a coma in hospital

The five-year-old has been in a coma for 30 days, and friends of parents Sandy and Trung are now suggesting they should ‘let her go’.

Mother Sandy Nguyen told Daily Mail Australia the family have ‘nothing left’ and will need $200,000 for a medical flight to bring her back to Australia. 

‘We have exhausted our funds,’ she said. ‘We have nothing…absolutely nothing left.’ 

Mrs Nguyen said she has spoken to Foreign Minister’s Office in Australia and has now been referred to the embassy team in Mexico. 

Annabelle Nguyen (pictured) at the age of two with her parents  Sandy, Trung and sister Alyssa. 

Annabelle Nguyen (pictured) at the age of two with her parents  Sandy, Trung and sister Alyssa. 

‘I hope if they can’t take us home, they can provide us financial help with the burden we are dealing with,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.  

On Facebook, Mrs Nguyen shared the grim reality of their situation in a post on Saturday night. 

‘Some people don’t even know who we are but they advise me to let you (my daughter) go,’ she said. 

‘I get very angry you know, how dare them to even have the courage to advise a Mum to let her baby go…unless you decide to, I won’t let go of you, my baby.’

Annabelle was first diagnosed with a brain tumour known as Diffuse Intrisic Pontine Glioma in 2015 and was told there was no cure. 

Annabelle was first diagnosed with a brain tumour known as Diffuse Intrisic Pontine Glioma in 2015 and was told there was no cure

Annabelle was first diagnosed with a brain tumour known as Diffuse Intrisic Pontine Glioma in 2015 and was told there was no cure

After a global search for help, the parents took Annabelle to Mexico for expensive treatment.

Parents claim in January a scan revealed there was no evidence of the disease, but the tumour reappeared in an April scan. 

Mrs Nguyen said her daughter is still ‘fighting hard’ and she is refusing to give up yet. 

A Go Fund Me page set up for the family has so far raised nearly $40,000 and can be reached here.  



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