Thing is, a lot of her army clearly aren’t going to support or care for the justice system. They think it’s part of some big conspiracy
I’m all for exhausting the appeal process because that’s just a right she has but I do wonder if we may see some legal changes one day soon, at least to try and protect the child’s dignity and the staff themselves. Maybe changes to the process in general. Orinta’s mother was allowed to have two independent doctors check and they concluded the same thing so she made the decision to let her go, though I think she also collected money?
I also wonder if Hollie gets some sort of counselling for all of this. Someone mentioned that part of the reason it’s hard for her to come to terms with it is because Archie does look somewhat alive. That’s probably not something you can process on your own in that situation, and I know mental health services in this country suck but in these situations they seem essential
Granted, I’m still of the opinion that she’s in this for money. Saying in court that they want a ‘natural’ death but then telling her army that he’s going to be fine is a major change, and the whole financial model for this is basically based on Archie magically getting up one day. What’s the point in giving money to something where they will just remain in the same state?
Archie’s mum did have someone independent but the judge was a bit scathing in her June judgment
“ The final witness was Dr Shewmon from the US. A man of expertise and considerable standing,
instructed by the parents, he made a statement dated 5th June 2022, the day before the final hearing started. I was grateful for his industry. An undoubted expert in the field, he explained how the standard for death differed in the UK to that in the US. The US used whole brain death test whilst the UK concentrated on the brain stem.
Dr Shewmon gave examples of children or young people who had been found brain dead but who had made some sort of recovery. He had written extensively about these occurrences.
Overall, I found his evidence interesting but where as in Archie’s case, the brain stem death test had not been able to be administered or relied upon, his evidence was not quite so relevant. Examples of ‘miracle’ recoveries again were not helpful. I noted that unsurprisingly he had not seen the scans in Archie’s case which showed a deterioration in the condition of his brain between 15th April 2022 and 31st May 2022.
In all the circumstances, his evidence did not undermine the evidence I heard from the Archie’s treating clinicians as supported by the second opinions I read. The clinicians had immediate knowledge of Archie’s medical condition and were able to examine him, his notes and the scans, this put them in a far better position than Dr Shewmon.”
yes they did use a mri of another child of similar age to him as a reference point to show what should be happening to him and that with his scans it is not x
Found it in the June judgement
“ I read statements and heard evidence from specialists at the Royal London Hospital who had been responsible for Archie’s care including Dr P, the Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist who had organised the MRI scan of 31st May 2022, had seen the scans as they were shown ‘in real time’ on the monitor in the control room, reported on them,
exhibited some of the images taken on that date and compared Archie’s brain with the brain of another child of a similar age without brain damage.”
