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A Canadian boy whose family's struggle to keep him alive despite overwhelming odds spurred an international end-of-life debate has died about four months before his second birthday, a family spokesman said Wednesday.
Joseph Maraachli, who became widely known as Baby Joseph, died Tuesday afternoon, according to Brother Paul O'Donnell of St. Paul, Minn., the family's spokesman and spiritual adviser. He was 20 months old.
Joseph suffered from the progressive neurological disease Leigh Syndrome. O'Donnell said Joseph's father, Moe, told him the baby died at home surrounded by his family. He said it was likely that the child died of complications related to his disease but that the cause of death has yet to be announced.
"The family is very distraught but grateful they had this time with their son," O'Donnell said.
Earlier this year, doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in Joseph's native Ontario refused to perform a tracheotomy to extend his life, saying it was futile because the disease was terminal. An Ontario court decided doctors could remove the child's breathing tube.
http://helenair.com/news/national/c...cle_171e1828-50ac-562d-b210-2b19d9b9ae44.html
The Republicans will use this Debate against Barrack Obama when he enters the Presidental debate. A republican will challege him on Obamacare If that baby was in U.S his life would been saved. Remember what Alan Grayson said on the floor?
The Tea Party will put his ass out in November.
Joseph Maraachli, who became widely known as Baby Joseph, died Tuesday afternoon, according to Brother Paul O'Donnell of St. Paul, Minn., the family's spokesman and spiritual adviser. He was 20 months old.
Joseph suffered from the progressive neurological disease Leigh Syndrome. O'Donnell said Joseph's father, Moe, told him the baby died at home surrounded by his family. He said it was likely that the child died of complications related to his disease but that the cause of death has yet to be announced.
"The family is very distraught but grateful they had this time with their son," O'Donnell said.
Earlier this year, doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in Joseph's native Ontario refused to perform a tracheotomy to extend his life, saying it was futile because the disease was terminal. An Ontario court decided doctors could remove the child's breathing tube.
http://helenair.com/news/national/c...cle_171e1828-50ac-562d-b210-2b19d9b9ae44.html
The Republicans will use this Debate against Barrack Obama when he enters the Presidental debate. A republican will challege him on Obamacare If that baby was in U.S his life would been saved. Remember what Alan Grayson said on the floor?
