Archie Battersbee

2022 - 6 - 9

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Mum of brain-damaged boy 12, says she is 'fighting for his life' (Metro)

Archie Battersbee, 12, is currently on life-support at the Royal London Hospital in east London. He was admitted after his mum found him unconscious with a ...

A specialist, who cannot be named, told her the lower part of Archie’s brain stem was significantly damaged, and the upper part also had damage to it. She finished overseeing a hearing concerning the youngster’s care in the Family Division of the High Court yesterday and is expected to deliver her ruling on Monday. The mum of a boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute says she is ‘fighting for his life’ while she waits for a High Court judge to decide his future.

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Archie Battersbee's mum appears on ITV This Morning (Echo)

THE mother of a 12-year-old boy in the middle of a life-support dispute has told of the harrowing moment she found her beloved son unconscious at…

"I tried to get it off, but I couldn't lift him and put it over his head. “So, obviously I’ve run over to him and tried to get it off. “As I’ve looked to the right the rabbit is at the top of the stairs and then I’ve seen Archie the other side of the banister.

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This Morning viewers left 'broken' as Archie Battersbee's mum fights ... (OK! Magazine)

Holly Battersbee appeared on This Morning to talk about the dangerous social media challenge that has led to her son Archie being hospitalised for eight ...

I know of somebody who had a brain injury and was unresponsive for two years. I will keep you all in my thoughts. so I tell him what I’ve been doing this morning and that I love him.” It’s just awful they’re having to split precious time with Archie to fight this.” He’s young, he just needs time.” “Keep fighting for little Arch. I lost my brother to a brain injury and if he’s showing signs like he is, there is hope.

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This Morning's Holly Willoughby in tears as Archie Battersbee's mum ... (Essex Live)

Hollie Battersbee, from Essex, found her son, Archie, on April 7 unconscious at the top of the stairs.

A final hearing is being heard at the Family Division of the High Court in London. After being taken to the Royal London Hospital, medical professionals told Hollie he was brain-dead and that as a legal formality they would need to take a brain stem test. Every single minute is precious, I'm having to sit in court not getting back to the hospital someday until half seven at night." Doctors at the hospital put Archie into a neuro-protective induced coma and put on life-support, MyLondon reports. "I tried to get it off, it was around his chin, but it was cutting off his windpipe. I'm going with my gut, a mother's gut instinct is so strong, I need to go with it."

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Holly Willoughby breaks down in tears over Archie Battersbee story (Daily Mail)

Holly Willoughby broke down in tears on This Morning on Thursday as the mother of brain injured boy Archie Battersbee discussed her High Court fight to keep ...

I’m not getting back to hospital some days until half seven at night.' Shocking: She told This Morning hosts Phillip and Holly that she found Archie (pictured) with something tied around his neck, cutting off his 'windpipe' Ms Dance told This Morning hosts that she found Archie with something tied around his neck, cutting off his 'windpipe'. Brave: His mother Hollie Dance (left) told This Morning that she is willing to 'explore every avenue to keep her son alive Hollie Dance said that she is willing to 'explore every avenue' to keep her son, Archie Battersbee, alive. Heart-breaking: Archie has not regained consciousness after he was found unresponsive with a ligature around his neck at his home in Southend, Essex on April 7

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Archie Battersbee: 'Doctors want to turn my son's life support off ... (MyLondon)

Archie, who is a keen gymnast and aspiring MMA fighter, was found unconscious at his home in Southend, Essex, on April 7, and has not yet regained consciousness ...

He was rushed to hospital and has since been receiving treatment at the Royal London Hospital, where he has remained on a ventilator. We’re not going to give up on Archie, this isn’t the end of the road for us by no means.” Ella continued: “No matter the outcome, this isn’t the end of the road. When asked how she’s feeling about the judgement, Hollie said: “Nervous, I am nervous but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter because it isn’t the end of the road. The only medicine he’s ever taken is Calpol. When he was younger, I found him once with his finger in the plug socket and I joked ‘well that’s where you get all your energy from’. Outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday (June 7), she said: “Today, I’ve woken up feeling positive, and I’ve not felt that for a while but today I am determined and positive. We’ve had such support from friends and family, we’ve had people from all over the world get in contact. The Facebook page ‘spreadthepurplewave’ has also become a forum for family friends and supporters to share updates and well wishes for the family. Since then it’s developed as a place to arrange fundraising events and offer prayers and share photos of Archie to raise awareness. The mum of a 12-year-old boy with ‘catastrophic’ brain damage revealed that his heart rate went up by 20bpm when he heard her in the room. She has also shared videos of Archie holding her hand whilst in hospital, despite medical staff saying that they have seen no response from the youngster since he was first admitted. Doctors treating Archie say his stem is 50 per cent damaged and that 10-20 per cent of it is in necrosis - where cells have died and/or are decaying.

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Archie Battersbee: what did This Morning presenter Holly ... (NationalWorld)

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Lawyers representing Archie’s family have told the judge that his heart is still beating. Archie’s parents, Ms Dance and Paul Battersbee, from Southend, Essex, say the youngster’s heart is still beating and want treatment to continue. They say life-support treatment should end and the youngster should be disconnected from a ventilator.

Archie Battersbee's mum tells GB News of the heartbreaking ... (GB News)

Hollie Dance has argued her son needs more time to recover and has pleaded for any hospital around the world to take him.

"The sound of breathe came out of his mouth." Lawyers representing Archie’s family have told the judge that his heart is still beating. "I ran out of the house screaming for help, there was nobody there.

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