--- description: Because that's what family's all about title: This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Baby Koala Won't Leave Mom's Side During Surgery by [Alison Schwartz / People](/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 5:11 PM CUT by [Alison Schwartz / People](/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 5:11 PM CUT 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 "undefined"). 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 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined")_._ ```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"}}] ```