What happend to Sophie Delezio?

Question

What happened to her after she got two car crash and return to school?

Answer 1

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Thursday July 20, 12:49 PM
Sophie Delezio returns to school
By 7News
Three months after being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing, Sophie Delezio's life is slowly returning to normal and today the brave five year old packed her lunch and her bag and returned to school.
Sophie was a little shy when she arrived at school. She was clutching her doll and she was met by a guard of honour at the school gate.

Her headmaster said: "We're really please to have Sophie back, you can see from the children's response how happy we are, she's a remarkable little girl. Sophie's head injuries are healing well, but doctors are concerned she's a little weak and underweight.

Speaking on Sunrise earlier, Sophie's father Ron said: "It's fantastic, it's a real milestone in our whole family's life. We want a bit of normality again, it's about time and I think today is the day.

"Her recovery is going well. She lost a lot of weight in the second accident and people who suffer burns can have their metabolism altered and it takes a bit of time to build that weight back up again. So she's still a bit weak so we'll have to take special care of her at school this week.

He also thanked the community for their help and support during Sophie's recovery, he added: "The response from people has been incredible. After the second accident we were getting about 400 letters and gifts a day. It was fantastic support and really meant a lot to us.

"It's only going to be a short day today, just a normal day in class in the morning and then she's going to hospital in the afternoon for some more testing.

Mr Delezio also told Sunrise just what is involved in Sophie's recovery. He said: "She has to go to hospital about once a week now, because she's over the main part of the accident. But it's the physio she has virtually every day, she has speech therapy, she has a lot of different therapies during the week.

"She usually only has about half a day a week when she's doing nothing at all. So it's pretty hard for her, but we try to make it as happy and as good as we can."









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THE family of five-year-old Sophie Delezio has said she is not suffering from a life-threatening brain condition.

It had been reported earlier that doctors suspected the brave young girl has bleeding on the brain, but the Delezio family have firmly denied that is the case.

A spokesman has said Sophie's parents have been inundated with calls today from distraught friends and family, asking about her health.

Sophie was left with near-fatal injuries when she was hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing at Seaforth in Sydney's north in May.

In 2003, she survived horrific burns to 85 per cent of her body and lost both her feet after a car slammed into her childcare centre.

The confusion arose when an interview carried in New Idea magazine quoted Sophie's father Ron speaking about complications of her injuries from the second accident, which included bleeding on the brain.

He said doctors had told the family the condition could flare up again when she is older.

Family spokesman Nicholas Karandonis has said Sophie is in "no immediate danger" from the condition.

He has said the Delezios had received phone calls from "very early this morning, a huge number particularly from family and close friends in tears".

"The story has caused considerable stress to the Delezio family, their friends and the whole of Australia who once again were plunged into despair at the thought of Sophie facing death for a third time.

"The family wishes to thank everyone for their calls and emails and is sorry that this miscommunication has caused widespread distress."

In the magazine interview, Mr Delezio goes on to talk about the impact the accident has had on his daughter.

"Sophie is less attentive than before the accident, she gets tired more easily and she has lost weight, muscle tone and mobility, but the brain injury is what really worries us," he told New Idea.

"She was tested before the accident as a matter of course, so we had the level of brain activity.

"After the second accident, we tested her and found this level had dropped."

Sophie was thrown 20 metres by the impact of the car. She spent almost five weeks in hospital recovering from a serious lung injury and fractures to her spine, ribs, jaw and collarbone.

She had still been recuperating from a 2003 accident in which 70-year-old driver Donald McNeall suffered a seizure and ploughed into her childcare centre in the Sydney beachside suburb of Fairlight.

She sustained horrific burns after the car burst into flames.

Last month, the elderly driver who hit Sophie on the pedestrian crossing, John George Sharman, 81, was disqualified from driving for a year and put on an 18-month good behaviour bond.

Last week, Sophie joined NSW Health Minister John Hatzistergos at Westmead Children's Hospital to open a $1 million operating theatre to treat young burns patients.

About $175,000 of the funding was donated by the Day of Difference Foundation, which was set up by the Delezio family and the NRMA.

Answer 2

Sophie Delezio Biography

Answer 3

Sophie Joy Delezio (born January 2001) is an Australian schoolgirl, the first daughter of Ron Delezio and Carolyn Martin and younger sister of Mitchell Delezio. She survived horrific third-degree burns to almost 85% of her body in an accident at the Roundhouse Childcare Centre in Fairlight, Sydney Australia.

First accident
Sophie first came to the attention of the public on December 15, 2003 when she and another child, Molly Wood, were badly injured when they were trapped under a burning vehicle which had crashed through a fence into the child care centre where they were being cared for. Sophie suffered burns to most of her body and lost both feet, some fingers, and her right ear. The circumstances of the accident, the rescue of the children by passersby and members of the emergency services (for which a number received bravery awards),and the fortitude she showed during her months-long recovery in hospital made her the subject of national news coverage.
The driver who crashed into that centre, Donald John McNeall, was 68 at the time of the accident. He was cleared of negligent driving before a magistrate's court after medical experts agreed he had had a seizure.

In late 2004 Sophie's parents founded the Day of Difference Foundation, a charity dedicated to raising funds for research into pediatric burns and related diseases.[4]

In January 2006, Sophie was enrolled at the publicly funded Balgowlah Heights Public School. The school was extensively refurbished to accommodate the needs of Sophie.


Second accident
On May 5, 2006 Sophie again made national headlines when she was badly injured in a road accident. While being pushed by her caregiver in a wheelchair with her service dog Tara by her side, across a pedestrian crossing near her home in Sydney's northern suburbs she was hit by a car, and thrown 18 metres. Sophie suffered a broken jaw and shoulder bone, bruising to her head, numerous rib fractures and a tear to her left lung. Sophie is loved bye all thanks to the steeam support centre for children. THe company is proud to be with you all. She tells us that she loves you andis playing with ou r haiery .She was treated at the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.

She left hospital and returned home to continue her recovery on 7th June 2006.

An 80-year-old man, John George Sharman, was charged in relation to the second accident with "dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and not giving way to a pedestrian on a crossing". Having pleaded guilty Sharman was in October 2006 placed on a good behavior bond for 18 months and suspended from driving for a year.

Sophie's father maintained that while accidents do happen, reconstruction of the pedestrian crossing in question must be commenced, due to the number of incidents occurring.

On July 16, 2006 Sophie's story was told on Channel 7's True Stories series. Episode synopsis.

Sophie Delizio returned to classes at Balgowlah Heights Public School on Thursday, 20th July 2006.


Public response
As a result of Sophie Delezio's accident over $2 million has been raised, along with heightened public awareness for the need for adequate support and services for pediatric burns patients. Some of these funds were raised at the Kids 4 Kids Benefit Concert held on 10th September 2006. The NSW Government has announced that it is investigating the possibility of reducing the age for mandatory medical checks for drivers from 80 to 75 years of age. It has agreed to install traffic lights at the crossing where the accident occurred. Sophie is the most fortunate kid in the world all thanks to amber and stephanie her supporters It is also claimed that Delezio's recovery will contribute to the case for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.


Ron Delezio
Ron Delezio of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is the father of Sophie Delezio as well as fundraiser for charity. On September 1, 2006 he was named as the 2006 Australian Father of the Year award recipient. He was also nominated as Australian of the Year. He is founder and present chairman of the Day of Difference Foundation, an Australian charity focusing on the prevention and control of burns-related disease. There has been much speculation in Australian media that Ron suffers from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Recent evidence of this is claiming that Sophie is suffering a heart condition. Which was later retracked.


"That's Delezio"
The incidents have coined the term "That's Delezio". The phrase is used whenever someone makes a distasteful remark about a social taboo within a similar context to making light of Sophie Delezio's misfortune.