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Archie Battersbee: 12-year-old boy dies hours after hospital ends life support against parents' wishes
Fox News ^ | August 7th, 2022 | Lawrence Richard

Posted on 08/07/2022 6:43:12 AM PDT by beaversmom

A 12-year-old boy who was comatose in the United Kingdom has died after a lengthy legal battle ended with the determination that doctors could remove him from life support. Archie Battersbee, 12, died at a London hospital around noon on Saturday, about two hours after doctors discontinued treating him. Young Archie has been in a coma since April 7, when he was initially found unconscious in the family’s home. Ella Carter, the fiancée of Archie's eldest brother, Tom, said the family watched the boy’s final moments. "He went completely blue,'' she said. "There is absolutely nothing dignified about watching a family member or a child suffocate. No family should ever have to go through what we’ve been through. It’s barbaric."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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1 posted on 08/07/2022 6:43:12 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
Medicine used to be about helping the sick.

It's become a 'for profit' business.

2 posted on 08/07/2022 6:56:17 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: beaversmom

doctors argued moving him to hospice would hasten his death.

He then died 2 HOURS after support was removed!

soooo moving him to hospice would have killed him in LESS than 2 hours!?!?


3 posted on 08/07/2022 6:56:49 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: beaversmom

“He went completely blue,’’ she said.
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Six years ago, my then 25 year old son, who is epileptic, suffered a grand mal seizure in front of me. I held his body gently so he would not slam into the tile floor. About one minute into his seizure, his face began to turn blue. He was not getting air. His mouth was clenched tight.

I know you are not use your fingers to open the mouth, but I didn’t care. I pried his mouth open and his face returned to his normal color. Today he is doing well. Thank God.


4 posted on 08/07/2022 6:57:13 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught ( Born Free, Live Free, Die Free)
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To: beaversmom

“He went completely blue,’’ she said. “There is absolutely nothing dignified about watching a family member or a child suffocate. No family should ever have to go through what we’ve been through. It’s barbaric.”

Since the doctors were hellbent on killing the boy, they might as well have put a bullet in his brain. His death would have been more humane than death thru suffocation.


5 posted on 08/07/2022 7:06:45 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: beaversmom

“died after a lengthy legal battle “

Lengthy battle? He was only in a coma since April, less than 4 months.

No mention of whether he had the Vax.


6 posted on 08/07/2022 7:07:30 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

He was doing the Blackout Challenge from tictok. Not everything is about the vax.


7 posted on 08/07/2022 7:11:48 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: beaversmom
The U.K. Health system apparently own you and that's what the Democrats here want. The progressives in the world would like nothing more than to give you a usefulness score.
8 posted on 08/07/2022 7:13:11 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: HypatiaTaught

Thank God indeed.


9 posted on 08/07/2022 7:17:05 AM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Raebie

TikTok is evil and demonic. Thanks, China, for ruining so many young peoples’ lives. Kids don’t know what they’re getting into. Their minds are still being formed and they’re bombarded with all sorts of pernicious images and ideas.

RIP Archie.


10 posted on 08/07/2022 7:34:28 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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From 2018:

British toddler Alfie Evans not allowed to leave country, UK court says

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/health/alfie-evans-appeal-bn/index.html


11 posted on 08/07/2022 7:35:57 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Deo volente
TikTok is evil and demonic. Thanks, China, for ruining so many young peoples’ lives

But isn't blaming TikTok like blaming the gun for crime?

12 posted on 08/07/2022 7:37:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: liberalh8ter

Yup. See post #11.


13 posted on 08/07/2022 7:37:36 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Flick Lives

Guns are evil. That would have been barbaric. /s


14 posted on 08/07/2022 7:39:28 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Good point. It’s all about their control.


15 posted on 08/07/2022 7:40:30 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: HypatiaTaught

Best to you and your son.


16 posted on 08/07/2022 7:41:06 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Thank you very much!


17 posted on 08/07/2022 7:55:18 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught ( Born Free, Live Free, Die Free)
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To: beaversmom

Poor people.

In gov run healthcare someone has to pay.


18 posted on 08/07/2022 7:55:58 AM PDT by Az Joe (Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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To: beaversmom

They like the name “Archie” over there don’t they?

RIP


19 posted on 08/07/2022 7:56:24 AM PDT by Az Joe (Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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To: Az Joe

Archie Battersbee...can’t get a more English name than that.


20 posted on 08/07/2022 8:01:13 AM PDT by beaversmom
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