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One-year-old Joseph Maraachli of Windsor, Ontario will have his life support removed Monday at 10 am. after the Ontario Superior Court today rejected an appeal by the parents to bring him home where he can die under their care….
Moe and his wife Sana have asked doctors to perform a tracheotomy so that they could take Joseph home, but the doctors refused, saying the procedure was too risky.
The Maraachlis’ daughter died from similar complications eight years ago, but in that case doctors performed a tracheotomy and she was able to die at home. Joseph’s parents want the same for him…..

Rebecca has already posted this in the prayer section but I wanted to add some comments:

‘Death panels’: Canadian court rules baby’s life support removed against parents’ wishes
What risk?
That he will die without Doctor Herod getting a fee for killing another baby boy?
How can there be risk when the court has ruled that he is already dead?

For all those folks who wish for the US to have a Canadian type medical system.....be careful what you wish for.

It's a great system, as long as you're relatively healthy.

Rebecca has already posted this in the prayer section but I wanted to add some comments:

‘Death panels’: Canadian court rules baby’s life support removed against parents’ wishes
What risk?
That he will die without Doctor Herod getting a fee for killing another baby boy?
How can there be risk when the court has ruled that he is already dead?

And live in a decent sized city, where they have the capacity.

The US has a great system, too...as long as you can afford it.

Pick your poison.

The secondary outrage is this one where the state not only removes the breathing tube but as well wishes to guarantee death by suffocation will happen.

Oh. That is cruel. We don't even kill convicted murderers that way.

Oh. That is cruel. We don't even kill convicted murderers that way.

“I asked them: why not send him to Windsor and let him die at home?” he continued. “They said they will give him injection, but I don’t want to.”

They can inject a baby but have the death penalty on hold for lack of a supply of the approved drug.

How would the child die if he were permitted to go home with the parents?

According to the article, they expect him to die either way, but with the tracheotomy he would be able to go home and would not have that choking thing torturing him. The parents have been through this before with a previous child and were allowed to have the tracheotomy, so they seem to know what they're asking for and how to care for the child at home.

Right. But HOW would the child die?

WINDSOR, Ontario, April 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baby Joseph and his family arrived in Windsor, Ontario on a medical transport flight from St. Louis, Missouri this morning. He is now at the family home, according to Brother Paul O’Donnell.

On behalf of Baby Joseph’s family, Brother O’Donnell told LifeSiteNews that that their son was weaned off ventilator support 12 days ago and has been successfully breathing on his own since then.

Baby Joseph, who has been at the center of an international right-to-life debate over the past few months, has defied critics by responding so well to treatment. After the Ontario hospital treating Joseph’s progressive and terminal neurological disease threatened to remove his life support against his parents’ wishes earlier this year, pro-life groups rallied to Joseph’s cause.

With the financial support and assistance of Father Frank Pavone and Priests for Life, Joseph was taken to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri where doctors performed the tracheotomy that Joseph’s parents had been requesting all along.

Sixteen-month-old Baby Joseph received a successful tracheotomy on March 21, responding well to the procedure, which gave him increased mobility and comfort while providing a stable, secure airway. With the tracheotomy, which created an opening into Joseph’s windpipe through an incision in his neck, Joseph’s airway has been kept free from secretions that would have caused him to choke.

... Alex Schadenberg of the Canada-based Euthanasia Prevention Coalition said Wednesday morning that Baby Joseph, who burst into international headlines earlier this year when Canadian doctors scheduled to remove him from life support against his family’s wishes, died at home 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, surrounded by his family.

“Joseph Maraachli lived a life that changed Canada,” said Schadenburg, whose intervention was pivotal in saving Joseph’s life. “My thoughts and prayers are with the Maraachli family.”

Baby Joseph’s father, Moe Maraachli, wrote on the official family Facebook page yesterday, “Joseph pass away very comfortable and peace fully like what i ask for him.”

“I would like to thank all who contributed to the support of Joseph,” he said. “I thank you very much.”....