Lucy was a fit and healthy uni graduate who thought she was coming down with a cold but ended up in a coma. This is her plea to every Aussie

A elder authorities MP and his household person urged Aussies to get the flu shot aft his acceptable and steadfast girl astir died.

Lucy Tudehope, a 25-year-old uni graduate, contracted a flu successful Sydney that developed into deadly pneumonia wrong conscionable 5 days successful February.

The girl of NSW shadiness treasurer Damien Tudehope initially believed she was coming down with a communal acold and, determined to worker on, did her champion to proceed beingness arsenic normal.

However, her wellness took a worrying crook for the worse erstwhile she attempted to be a enactment lawsuit connected a Friday night, lone to instrumentality to her edifice feeling nauseous and throwing up. 

Ms Tudehope was prescribed antivirals implicit a telehealth assignment arsenic her symptoms worsened implicit the weekend. 

Tests confirmed she had influenza A and by Tuesday, she was truthful sick that her parent Diane called an ambulance.

The 25-year-old was rushed to Ryde Hospital and placed successful an induced coma. 

Doctors warned Lucy's household that she 'may not marque it'. 

Ms Tudehope was aboriginal transferred to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital wherever she was placed connected a beingness enactment instrumentality known arsenic an ECMO, oregon Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machine.

ECMO machines are typically utilized to supply impermanent bosom and lung support. 

The speedy deterioration came arsenic a implicit daze to her family.

'I conscionable thought she'd conscionable beryllium successful for a week oregon so,' Mr Tudehope told the Sunday Telegraph.

All 8 of Ms Tudehope's siblings were astatine her broadside during her hopeless combat for life, with respective travelling from overseas.

Even 1 of Mr Tudehope's governmental rivals, NSW Premier Chris Minns reached retired to fto the household cognize that helium was praying for Lucy.

Lucy recalled waking from her coma and seeing 1 of her brothers astatine her bedside.

She asked him, 'Did I astir die?' to which helium told her, 'Yes, you astir did'.  

Ms Tudehope recalled: 'I was precise emotional. I had nary thought however sick I was until then.

'It didn't consciousness similar a month. It truly felt similar I was dreaming.'

After waking from her coma and spending respective weeks successful hospital, Ms Tudehope is 'relearning' however to locomotion and has a agelong rehabilitation process ahead.

She present has conscionable 1 connection for Aussies pursuing her

'Just get the vaccine.'

Mr Tudehope echoed his daughter's plea connected Nine News.

'It doesn't substance however acceptable you are, however bully your wellness appears to beryllium - if you get the flu and past different complications connected apical of that, that is life-threatening,' helium said.

An yearly influenza jab is recommended for each Aussies aged six months and over.

The vaccination is escaped for Indigenous radical aged implicit six months, children aged under-5, large women, over-65s and those with a higher hazard of getting superior disease.

If you are not eligible for a escaped vaccine, you tin acquisition the vaccine from your GP oregon section pharmacy.