Boy extubated after Quebec court battle is going home, breathing on his own
CTV
A six-year-old boy who was at the centre of a court case will be going home from Ste-Justine Hospital on Monday, about two months after a judge ruled that doctors could remove his breathing tube despite his parents' objections.
A six-year-old boy who was at the centre of a court case will be going home from Ste-Justine Hospital on Monday, about two months after a judge ruled that doctors could remove his breathing tube despite his parents' objections.
The child, whose identity is protected due to a publication ban, had been in a coma after nearly drowning last June.
His family and a group of their friends gathered in front of the hospital in the morning to "thank God for his miraculous," recovery, his mother said. "God gave my son his life back."
She also said she feels much "gratitude" towards the medical personnel at the hospital, even though there were some difficult conversations with them because she was "a mother in a painful situation."
"They were there for my son," she said.
After he was extubated on Feb. 16 the boy began breathing on his own and his family said his condition has continued to improve. They added he will continue to receive the care required by his medical "state," at home.
Speaking to reporters, his father explained that his son doesn't speak, "but he reacts, we see when he hears our voice."
