Why did ambos leave sick baby Mia behind?
Ms Hicks said the paramedics checked Mia over, but left a short time later, satisfied she was all right.
"They said 'there's nothing wrong with her, she just needs to stay home and just needs some cuddles'," Ms Hicks said.
Unconvinced, Ms Hicks decided to drive Mia to hospital herself.
"As soon as (the ambulance) left, I said 'no, we're taking her in'," Ms Hicks said. "Her breathing was just wrong, she was sucking her stomach right in and she was really trying."
After arriving at the hospital about 11am, Mia was immediately admitted to the children's ward and placed on a resuscitation machine. By Saturday, her condition had worsened and she was moved to intensive care.
"Her heart rate was up to 230 beats per minute when it should only be 120 ... she had a gastric tube in her nose, an oxygen tube in her nose, she was on a drip, and the doctors ordered an X-ray and an ECG (electrocardiogram)," Ms Hicks said. "It was so scary."
Doctors found Mia had a partially collapsed lung and diagnosed her with pneumonia as well as bronchiolitis; the inflammation of the lungs' smallest air passages.
Ms Hicks told of her anguish as Mia clung to life in hospital. She was finally deemed well enough to go home on Wednesday last week.
"It was an emotional roller-coaster, I was in tears because all I wanted to do was hold her but I couldn't," she said.
"I asked the doctor what would've happened if I hadn't brought her in (to hospital) myself, and he said 'she wouldn't be here' ... I would've lost my daughter."
A hospital source backed Ms Hicks' story, saying staff agreed the paramedics had made a "shocking miss".
Ambulance Victoria last night confirmed it had received a formal complaint from Ms Hicks, and had launched an investigation.
Barwon Health spokeswoman Kate Nelson said the hospital could not comment on the specifics of the case, only confirming the baby had been a patient at the hospital.
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