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THE family of a cancer-stricken schoolgirl are trying to raise £140,000 so she can be brought home to die.

Olivia Downie took a turn for the worse after flying to Mexico for treatment.

Doctors now say she is too ill to fly home without medical support.

And that means her desperate parents face a massive bill to get her back to Scotland.

Olivia’s mum Lauren, 27, who is six months pregnant, said: “I am hoping for a miracle where we can take her home and have her for a little while.

“If she is going to die, she should be surrounded by her family and friends that love her – not strangers in Mexico.”

Seven-year-old Olivia, of Fraserburgh, flew to Tijuana for specialist treatment earlier this month.

But she did not respond to treatment and is now in a critical condition.

Olivia’s parents would need to charter a specialist medical flight to get her home.

Another option would be if the family could arrange for a doctor to accompany them on a commercial flight.

Lauren, 27, and husband Steven, 34, who also have a 22-month-old daughter Jessica, are taking it in turns to watch over Olivia in hospital.

They are not allowed to stay in the hospital overnight so they take it in turns sleeping outside her door on the floor. While one parent stays close to Olivia, the other looks after Jessica.

Lauren said: “Olivia was in quite a bad condition when we came but now she’s critical.

“I don’t know what the next few hours or days will be like.

“I asked the doctor what her chances of dying are and they just tell me she’s in critical condition.”

Olivia, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma three years ago, flew to the Hope 4 Cancer Institute to have photodynamic therapy.

Her return flight was arranged for July 2 but she is now too ill to make the trip without medical cover.

Lauren fears her daughter will die before her brother is born.

She said: “Before she took a turn for the worse, I lay in bed with her because I help rub her tumours, which helps with the pain.

“She said, ‘Mum you’re pregnant and you have a sore back. You shouldn’t be doing this’.”

Yesterday, family friend Michelle Higgins appealed for donations to help get Olivia home.

She said: “They’ve been through so much. When Lauren phoned on Tuesday, it was the worst call ever.”

Donations can be made through www.justgiving.com/olivia-downie-appeal.