thanks to Father Frank Pavone and the Priests for Life.
From Fox News: EXCLUSIVE: 'Baby Joseph' Gets Second Chance at Life in U.S.
The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to the U.S. for treatment. read the rest
I have no idea what was driving the decisions of the Socialized medical "care" field in Canada with their repeated denials for the family of baby Joseph to have a tracheotomy before he was returned home so he could breathe on his own. It would have been far more economically and ethically sound to perform the tracheotomy and release the child to his parents, compared to the additional time spent in the hospital arguing and holding court hearings.
A tracheotomy is a rather simple procedure that can be performed on the battle field with a pen knife, and it would be a reasonable and usual treatment for a baby with Joseph's condition. It's not like the parents were requesting any extraordinary care. The only thing extraordinary going on is the battle the Canadian doctors are waging in order to remove baby Joseph's ventilator so he can die by suffocation.
Update:
Teresamerica has a wonderful and heartwarming batch of photos up - and we thank her!
More:
- Baby Joseph’s family to appeal, while U.S. hospitals have agreed to take over care
- Standing jet ready to take Baby Joseph to any willing U.S. Hospital
- The Baby Joseph case affects us all
- Baby Joseph’s lawyer dropped from case: prayer vigils planned
- Baby Joseph can go home to die, but without tracheotomy: hospital
- As U.S. groups rush to aid baby Joseph, lawyers seek to broker deal
- Hospital threatens to remove baby Joseph’s life support anyway - parents denied private visitations
- Baby Joseph saved from life support removal – transfer to Michigan hospital likely
- Parents of dying one-year-old fight hospital, courts to bring son home
