( CNN ) -- A multistage operation is under way in the Pacific Ocean to bring a 1-year-old-girl who became seriously ill on a sailboat hundreds of miles off Mexico to shore for treatment , officials said Saturday . On Thursday morning , the U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call about the girl , who was on the Rebel Heart with her parents and a sibling about 900 miles off Mexico . According to their blogs , Eric Kaufman and his wife , Charlotte , had plans to cross the Pacific and had left Mexico two weeks ago with their daughters Cora and 1-year-old Lyra , reports CNN affiliate KGTV . The family lives in San Diego . Members of an Air National Guard unit operating out of Moffett Federal Airfield in the Bay Area were dispatched , according to a spokesman . Four members of the 129th Rescue Wing parachuted into the ocean , inflated a motorized boat and reached the 36-foot sailboat , said 2nd Lt. Roderick B. Bersamina . The child is in stable condition ; the rescuers will stay with her until they reach a doctor , Bersamina said Saturday . Officials said they ca n't give details about the illness , but said , `` the family is in good spirits . '' A Navy frigate will intercept the Rebel Heart some time Saturday . After meeting with the frigate , `` the pararescuemen and the family will be loaded on a helicopter , and they 'll fly to the most appropriate medical facility , '' Bersamina said . A `` pararescueman '' is a combination of a paramedic and a Navy SEAL , the spokesman said . CNN 's John Newsome contributed to this story .
Guard rescuing a young girl off the Pacific coast of Mexico . The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 12-year-old Mexican girl, who was swept away by strong waves and winds on Friday in Baja California, Mexico, according to officials. Crew found the girl seriously ill ; she is now in stable condition .