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'We as a family want answers ourselves': Baby in hospital with serious head injuries

A little baby is fighting for life in a Perth hospital after suffering serious head injuries.

Six-week-old Nathaniel was flown from the Wheatbelt to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment as police investigate how he received the injuries.

Nathaniel's family wanted these photographs from just a few days ago to be seen.

This photo of little Nathaniel was taken just a few days ago. Source: 7 News
This photo of little Nathaniel was taken just a few days ago. Source: 7 News

He is now off a ventilator and breathing on his own, something his family and doctors never thought he would be able to do, but Nathaniel still has a big fight ahead of him.

Nathaniel still has a big fight ahead of him. Source: 7 News
Nathaniel still has a big fight ahead of him. Source: 7 News

Nathaniel suffered the injuries at a home in Narrogin in the 36 hours between 10.30pm on October 7 and the morning of October 9.

He was in the care of his father, who is understood to have made the 000 call, saying his baby was unresponsive.

Nathaniel's father made the emergency call. Source: 7 News
Nathaniel's father made the emergency call. Source: 7 News

When Nathaniel arrived at Princess Margaret Hospital he was not showing any brain activity and doctors believed he may not survive.

"He had a brain bleed," the baby's great aunt Cheyenne Taylor told 7 News.

Great-aunt Cheyenne Taylor said the family was focusing on Nathaniel getting better. Source: 7 News
Great-aunt Cheyenne Taylor said the family was focusing on Nathaniel getting better. Source: 7 News

"The word we kept hearing over and over was catastrophic, catastrophic brain injury."

Although Nathaniel is getting stronger, the extent of his brain damage isn't known yet, according to doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital.

He has regained consciousness and is being fed through a tube.

How he was so badly hurt is now the subject of a police investigation.

The baby's mother, Erica, 20. Source: 7 News
The baby's mother, Erica, 20. Source: 7 News

His 20-year-old mother Erica and 24-year-old father Michael has both been questioned, but no charges have been laid.

"We as a family want answers ourselves," Cheyenne said.

"So we are not concerning ourselves with that, we are focusing on getting that little boy through every hour."