"Incredibly relieving" update on baby injured in Bondi stabbing
The youngest victim of the stabbing spree at Bondi Junction Westfield is in a stable condition after her mother, Ashlee Good, 38, died protecting her.
The nine-month-old underwent emergency surgery to save her life after being stabbed and on Monday morning NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed that her condition has improved from critical to serious but stable.
“I speak on behalf of the entire nation who held its breath over the weekend that (the) young nine month old girl who went to Sydney Children’s Hospital is now in a serious, stable condition,” he told 2GB.
“So she’s come down from critical.
“There is a chance over the course of the next day that she’ll be moved on to a ward. Now that is incredibly relieving, I think, for our country."
Her mother, was among was among the six people killed by Joel Cauchi, 40, during the attack.
After they had been attacked, Good thrust her young bub into the arms of a bystander.
A man and his brother helped take care of the baby until help arrived.
"The mum got stabbed and... came over with the baby and threw it at me and [I] was holding the baby," the man told Nine News at the time.
The man's brother told the publication: "He helped with holding the baby and trying to compress the baby and same with the mother.
"We just kept yelling out to get some clothes, get some shirts and just help us to compress and stop the baby from bleeding.
"With my brother holding the baby so well and really compressing, I think the baby's fine."
Good was the daughter of former Australian Football League player Kerry Good, who played for North Melbourne.
On Sunday, her family shared a statement thanking everyone for their support and paid tribute to the two men who "cared for our baby when Ashlee could not".
“We appreciate the well-wishes and thoughts of members of the Australian public who have expressed an outpouring of love for Ashlee and our baby girl," they said.
Good has been remembered as "a beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend, all-round outstanding human."
According to the NSW health minister, the condition of the eight victims who remain in hospital varied from critical to stable.
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