Heartbreaking
The heartbroken family of Archie Battersbee are spending their final precious moments with their son before his life support is turned off at 10am this morning .
Archie's mum Hollie Dance, 46, and dad Paul Battersbee, 56, were told there are no legal routes left for them to try to keep their son on life support. His parents had fought a long-running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment and in recent days made bids to the High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Human Rights to have him transferred to a hospice to die. and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments.
His mother has said she has done everything she promised her son she would do as the family prepare for his life support to be withdrawn this morning. She added: “It’s been really hard. Despite the hard strong face and appearance obviously in front of the cameras up until now, I’ve been pretty broken.
Barts Health NHS Trust did not immediately update its statement, instead referring to its previous position which said no changes will be made to Archie’s care “until the outstanding legal issues are resolved". In a High Court ruling on Friday morning Mrs Justice Theis concluded it was not in Archie’s best interests to be moved to a hospice, and the Court of Appeal rejected permission to appeal that decision.
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