Posted on 07/28/2017 10:58:31 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'Our beautiful boy has gone': Little Charlie Gard's parents announce that their brave warrior whose plight touched the world has finally died after battling devastating genetic illness he fought for so long
Eleven-month-old Charlie Gard, whose short life captured the hearts of the world, has died a week before his first birthday.
Charlie suffered from a rare genetic condition which saw him in hospital for the majority of his short life.
His parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, fought a lengthy and emotional legal battle to take their severely ill baby son to the US for treatment, but were denied by judges.
Charlie's mother, Connie, said tonight: 'Our beautiful little boy has gone, we are so proud of you Charlie.'
Yesterday courts denied his parents the chance to bring their son home to die and he was taken to a hospice. Charlie's plight has seen hundreds of supporters - called Charlie's Army - lending their voices and money to see the child given treatment, with £1.35 million raised on an online fund-raising site.
Pope Francis and US president Donald Trump weighed into the debate, with the Vatican saying the pontiff prayed for 'their wish to accompany and treat their child until the end is not neglected'.
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RIP CHARLIE
RIP Chailie.
It’s over
Those bastards
Correction: Charlie.
RIP little guy. I’m hoping you’re in a better place now; all things considered.
Good Lord. Do you have kids?
Every one is precious. They're not commodities.
In other words, get over it?
Remember Charlie Gard, the face of government healthcare.
When they pull the plug on your loved one, remember you were warned.
Doesn’t this play into the hands of those that wanted to deny treatment?
My heart goes out to them.
Sadly, he’s gone. Let him go. If the parents can do that then everybody else should too. What they do next is none of my business. It’s too personal of a thing and my opinion shouldn’t matter to them. Life is too short for us all.
No words. Just prayers.
Life is never perfect or without ups and downs. Man is not clever enough to overpower what God and nature hands out. I am just amazed I am still alive and kicking at age 77 when a million things could have gone wrong in my body or invaded by a million different bacteria or viruses. To summarize, appreciate each day we can spend in good health and do not begrudge God or nature when things do go wrong.
Included in the many reasons for why government MUST be COMPLETELY kicked out of healthcare: government lacks reason and accountability.
No one EVER wants to put their health and life into the hands of something that has no rationality and no accountability.
Thank you, 2ndDivisionVet.
That image makes me cry every time I see it.
Charlie is with Jesus now.
God sent Charlie here in hopes that we can learn a very important lesson, but I don’t know.
Very sad.
I have no other words for what I’ve said, but you seem to for some ‘reason’.
How could judges deny parents their right to take their baby home to die?
IMHO, they shouldn't keep a dime.
They're lucky...they're young. They can try again.
But first, let's see where that bad gene is coming from if we can.
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