Last month we posted the plight of Aliza and her parents as doctors recommended pulling life support and letting her die. They fought the doctors and they prevailed. Now they are making another choice, to put Aliza in an institution or to care for her at home. We relate to that decision as we were faced with a diagnosis by our own doctors that our son would live after birth only a few months at the most and that he needed to be put in an institution (and forgotten...) The doctors were wrong there, too. We applaud the parents of Aliza. God bless them all!
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The girl arrived at her North Miami home Tuesday to a group of family and friends who said they hope for a speedy recovery.
"She's my daughter and I'm happy that she's here," the girl's mother Ester Schwab said. "This is the happiest day. This is a blessing to bring her home."
Schwab sat at her daughter Aliza's bedside monitoring signs of life.
"She's moving her arms, her hands and her toes," she said.
Wrapped in a pink blanket and hooked up to a ventilator, Aliza arrived home from Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday after a brush with death.
Four weeks ago, she fell into the family's pool while playing with a neighbor and nearly drowned.
"It was a family barbecue that day," Schwab said.
When paramedics arrived, they were able to get a heartbeat.
"They did not expect her to survive the night," Schwab said.
However, she pulled through but had no response from her brain.
She remained on life support on Tuesday. The family faced two options: long-term care at a facility or caring for Aliza at home.
"We feel that it's better for her," Schwab said. "She'll be surrounded by the people she loves, her siblings and the atmosphere."
For religious reasons, the family wants to keep her alive regardless of what doctors have said.
"They've told us many times that she's not going to make it or things were no good," Schwab said. "But like I said, there's a heart, there's life, so you can't give up on that."
Aliza's family said they do have the help they need to provide her with 24-hour care.
Family Says Faith Will Heal 4-Year-Old Girl
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