The family of Rotorua infant Skyla Waters have endured an "extremely rough" 36 hours after the 6-month-old required a second open heart surgery.
Skyla featured in the Rotorua Daily Post earlier this month with her mum, Sarah Craig, ahead of open heart surgery where doctors were expected to repair Skyla's heart.
However, things haven't gone to plan, with Skyla requiring another open heart surgery. Miss Craig said her daughter had "really struggled" with the second surgery.
Miss Craig said while they had expected to stay at Starship about three weeks after the open heart surgery, the complications and second surgery meant their stay had gotten much longer.
She said medical staff couldn't give them an idea of how long she'd have to remain in Starship.