--- title: Australia: Baby Koala Stays By Mom's Side During Surgery description: Because that's what family's all about canonical: https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-09T17:11:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:54.894Z og:title: This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery og:description: Because that's what family's all about og:url: https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery twitter:description: Because that's what family's all about twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery > Sponsored content. 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The Internet Archive, known for its Wayback Machine, has added more than 2,300 MS-DOS videogames that are playable in your computer’s browser._ by [Alison Schwartz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Contributor Jun 9, 2015 5:11 PM UTC by [Alison Schwartz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Contributor Jun 9, 2015 5:11 PM UTC When Lizzy the koala was rushed to the Australia Zoo’s wildlife hospital after being hit by a car, she had a very special – very adorable – supporter by her side. Her 6-month-old joey, Phantom, was taken in alongside his mom after the Queensland accident along the Warrego Highway, although he walked away mostly unmarred from Sunday’s trauma. However, Lizzy had to undergo surgery to treat her collapsed lung, reports [_Yahoo News_](http://news.yahoo.com/koala-baby-cuddling-his-mother-in-surgery-is-just-adorable-162837808.html). Not one to leave her side, Phantom cuddled into his mother throughout the operation, because that’s what family’s all about. Now, Lizzy is recovering with the help of antibiotics – and her joey. _This_ [_article_](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20929254,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/"},"headline":"This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery","datePublished":"2015-06-09T17:11:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:54.894Z","description":"Because that's what family's all about","url":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Schwartz / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/","name":"This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"MS-DOS Videogames Get A New Home on Internet Archive","description":"The Internet Archive, known for its Wayback Machine, has added more than 2,300 MS-DOS videogames that are playable in your computer’s browser.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vHKa2nE4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-07T17:58:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vHKa2nE4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/","duration":"PT1M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3914646/australia-baby-koala-mom-surgery/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```