Update: Canadian ‘Baby Joseph’ Returns Home After Tracheotomy
- Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:17am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The child known as Baby Joseph has left St. Louis to return home to Canada.
Fifteen-month-old Joseph Maraachli (Muh-RAHSH’-lee) left Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis on Thursday and flew with his family to their home in Ontario, exactly one month after the child received a tracheotomy aimed at extending his life.
Joseph suffers from the progressive neurological disease Leigh Syndrome. Doctors in Canada refused to perform the tracheotomy, saying it was futile because the child’s disease is terminal, and an Ontario court decided doctors could remove the child’s breathing tube.
His family sought help from American hospitals, and Cardinal Glennon agreed to treat Joseph.
The hospital said the tracheotomy was a success and Joseph has been breathing without a ventilator for more than a week.
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nappy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:23pmHOW MUCH does a friggin tracheotomy cost anyway? I am SURE that the Canadian hospital already profited from the care they gave the baby up until they made the death panel decision.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:05pmWhat Fox doesn’t reveal is that the baby has been in he hospital since birth, approx 9 months. He was given the best treatment at no cost to the parents. The cost exceeded well over a million dollars. I suspect in the USA the insurance company would have stop payment after the first month, unless the parents came up with the cash. Of course Fox does not tell you this, nor does Fox ever tell you about the horror stories of patients here being refused treatment. We are far from perfect. Instead of constantly criticizing the Canadian system, maybe we should focus on how to make ours better.
Report Post »SueDinNY
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:40pmLeave it to socialized medicine to refuse something as simple as a trach. Disgusting.
Report Post »julia
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:21pmWhat a beautiful baby Joseph is, my heart melted the first time I seen his picture, God Bless you baby Joseph and your family and Thank you God for helping them and thank you to the Priests who stepped in and helped, wow I am so emotional right now, what an amazing story, now they can be together at home.
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:09pmSo if the leftists had their way this kid would be dead….yea they’re all about the children. How they can claim that with 50 million slaughters to their names is so incredulous I shove it down every leftists’ throat who opens their mouths around me in my daily life online or the real world.
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:31pmEvery child is a blessing…IF you choose to see it…receive it…to love the child in any condition they arrive…
Report Post »Looking at my newborn babies, it always astounded me how complex they are…how one little tweek in the DNA or in a cell or two could completely change the way they are. They’re ALL a miracle.
teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:04pmZorro, my niece was a premee born by Cesarean at less than 6 months weighing two pounds, and both the baby & mother had an infection.(Mothers water had leaked) The doctors tried to talk my sister in law into aborting the baby, and told her the baby had less than a 10% chance to live. Today my niece is happy, healthy married 30 year old with her own kids. Miracles DO happen every day.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:59amJust think, the same demonic Democrats that are telling 12 year old girls to kill a baby, will be deciding if your 91 year old grandmother is fit to live. I wonder if THIS will scare the AARP set?
Report Post »minnievike
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:50amZorro — so your justification is that he is going to die in a couple of months anyway…WOW! do you even have a clue how vulnerable we are when we allow others to make our decisions? How many shieks are running to the northern border for their medical attention? They want to live….
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:53pmActually there are quite a few seeking medical treatment in Canada from all over the world. Of course they have to pay as they are not citizens. The medical system is top rate and in many ways is superior in Heart Disease treatment. The point is mute as any wealthy person can travel the world for the best care if they can afford it. The key is access for the general population. I run my own business and I purchase very costly HMO cover for my emloyees. The average cost for me is $8,000 per employee. The choices are limited and the costs are sky rocketing annually. The treatment is subpar and in many cases my employees do not even see doctors, but PA’s. I will eventually have to let people go or not give raises to absorb the costs. This type of system makes us less competitive with other countries. My software company will one day consider moving to Canada. The other plus is that Canada has a Corporate tax about half ours. Those are the facts and not the spin.
Report Post »DevotedDad
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:46amOnce we have universal health care, this will not happen anymore.
Cass Sunstein will personally order the plug to be pulled.
In the name of cost effectiveness of course…oh, I mean, for the benefit of the child.
Report Post »handsoffmystuff
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:41am‘… the child‘s disease is terminal’
……………..isn‘t everyone’s life terminal?
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:25amGod be with you baby Joseph. within the loving arms of you parents at this time in yor life!
Report Post »only easy day was yesterday
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:55amMSM will stay quite on this and canadian death panels
Report Post »freedomweiner
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:54amyippee
Report Post »rukiddinme59
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:49amSnowleopard and others. I sympathize with your beliefs but tell me what kind of “life” was spared. If I am guaranteed terminal, nothing but a living lump of tissues and organs and %100 not going to make it then I hope my family has the fortitude to let me go.
Report Post »afflicted
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:01amNot sure if it was intentional but you have just bolstered the belief that snow and most of us subscribe to….that it is the family’s choice…not the governments
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:33amI worked in the intensive care nursery for several years & babies that we thought for sure didn’t have any kind of a chance of survival-SURVIVED. ALL LIFE IS SACRED & HAS VALUE . Who are we to judge who has the right to live or not live. There is a reason for suffering & if you don’t believe that–THAN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED IN VAIN.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:37amI’m sure it was a hard decision for HIS PARENTS to make. I’m sure it was an easy decision for a Canadian bean counting bureaucrat to make.
Report Post »slwolfgram
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:46amLife and death decisions are not ours to make. Since when are the doctors or the government GOD to make such decisions. Oh excuse me I forgot that the one in whitehouse thinks he is God. That is what his ”obamacare’ is all about.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:45amI’m so very happy that this baby has been given a chance to be at home surrounded by his parents and family who love him. It is now in the hands of the Lord and my prayers are with this baby and his family. May God bless them all and keep them in the palm of his hand. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »whatsinaname
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:26amGoing to pledge a protester or two for Planned Parenthood tomorrow. Can’t wait should be fun.
Floridakeysmike- I am willing to bet my own life you get some government assistance with your two sons Medicare or some medicade maybe even a little “gasp” social security.
Teddrunk- Have another one, You and people like you are the reason I can’t take any of you seriously. You pray for only the ones that agree with your very limited view of the world and condem anyone with a different view. You are a joke.
Conservativewoman- The reason your vet treated your dog for a terminal disease is because you were willing to PAY for it. Not everyone can afford such care for themselves much less their animals. I’m willing to bet you are NOT a real conservative either.
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:08pmBy your comments, how would you know what a real conservative is? Your funny!
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:07amI know a man who was in a coma in the hospital for several weeks. He told me that while in his coma, he heard the hospital staff talking about pulling the plug. He said it frightened him so much, he came out of his coma! True story!
Report Post »whatsinaname
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:40amIT’S A MIRACLE!! All we have to do to bring people out of comas is scare them out of it.
Report Post »I think you lie.
conservativewoman
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:05pmYou missed the point my friend. This man could hear conversations around him while in a coma, yet the medical profession having no idea what really goes on in the brain while people are in a coma, decided he was not worth saving. They were wrong.
And just because you might come in a forum and lie, doesn’t mean everyone does. You just revealed how you think and that’s on you!
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:04amThere you have it folks……the powers that be decided to REFUSE to treat the baby because it was determined to be futile. Sounds like a death panel to me. What say you Blazers?
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 8:16pmEveryone get a grip fo one moment and look at the real picture here. There must be millions of children suffering in the USA and around the world this very second in need of medical intervention. Why did this Priest “ Father Pavone” swoop in and rescue this child from the mean, bloodthirsty Canadians, who have zero regard for human life. Those darn Canadians always causing trouble around the world. Maybe we should invade them and stop the madness. Or maybe just maybe something else is at play here. Gee Father Pavone sure likes to have his photo moments and possible 15min of fame. But there is more to this story, a lot more and it has nothing to do with giving this child a Trach and a lot to do with healthcare reform and the election. Some things are just too blatantly obvious. Look behind the headlines and as beck would say watch what the other hand is doing.
Report Post »pnh
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:58pmZorro. The priest helped this baby. Are there more sick children around? Yes. This child, brought to life the death panel that exists in Canada, and may soon exist in the US.
Report Post »MaxMagician
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:01am“…an Ontario court decided doctors could remove the child’s breathing tube.”
Is this one of those “death panels” that’s not supposed to exist?
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:01amMy dog had a terminal disease, but the Vet treated him anyway. I guess Canadian children are not as valuable as an American dog. How horrible!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:25amconservativewoman, nicely put and very pointed.
Canadian Healthcare: he’s a lost cause and not worth the money.
American Healthcare: we’re going to do all we can to extend the life of this child.
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:47amThank God for Father Frank Pavone at Prests for Life, who was able to intervene & help baby Jospeh. We are ALL CULPABLE to STAND FOR THE SANCTITY OF ALL HUMAN LIFE. Life is the foundation of Humanity & as Mother Teresa stated- if there is no peace in which is suppose to be the safest place on the planet- inside your mother’s womb-there will be no peace anywhere else outside of it. GOD HELP US ALL TO STAND FOR LIFE.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:50amAmen..right on target
Report Post »floridakeysmike
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:40amas the dad of 2 disabled boys, (one VERY medically fragile), obamacare scares the hell out of me. so, if my quadriplegic boy who we have fought for 18 years to keep alive happens to get a rampant infection, will his very costly antibiotics be denied because he’s going to die eventually anyway? Or will my little one with cystic fibrosis and diabetes be deemed to be too big of a burden for society? Everyone agrees that the healthcare system needed ‘fixing’…but this was not the correct answer.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:49amMay Our Lord bless your family, and may the morons in this country supporting Obamacare wake up before the scenario you present becomes real.
Report Post »whatsinaname
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:06amfloridakeysmike
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:40am
as the dad of 2 disabled boys, (one VERY medically fragile), obamacare scares the hell out of me. so, if my quadriplegic boy who we have fought for 18 years to keep alive happens to get a rampant infection, will his very costly antibiotics be denied because he’s going to die eventually anyway? Or will my little one with cystic fibrosis and diabetes be deemed to be too big of a burden for society? Everyone agrees that the healthcare system needed ‘fixing’…but this was not the correct answer.
Not unless your private insurance company decides he is to expensive to continue care. How often have you had to fight to get the treatment that actually help your sons and not just the ones that your insurance says they will pay for.( Please be honest about this) Just wait if the Repuglys get their way you and your sons will be just as expendable as the poor people on medicare or medicade because the cost will be to much for even you to bear (bare?). Now when they go back to Canada they might very well be in danger of losing everything they own because of the cost of the medical care they recieved here in the US. Someone has to pay for it.
Report Post »meca821
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:05amOur family will pray for you and your family. The suffering that your children go through as well as your own suffering is not for naught. Our heavenly Father in his wisdom, which we mere humans do not always understand, gives us these precious gifts to care for and love. My family too, has been blessed with a needy child and caring for him has brought us closer to our Lord. In the end, all is redeemable in His Kingdom for all eternity. May God Bless and keep you.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:26amMay Our Lord bless this little child and the men & women that worked hard to prolong his life. May the heartless Canadians rot in hell for this. All of them.
Report Post »boogeo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:48amLetting this poor baby suffer needlessly will show those heartless Canadians.
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:58am@BOOGEO
Report Post »You’re an idiot…..
isn’t it time you come up form the basement. I think your mom is calling you.
boogeo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:12amRandy I hope your mom is still living.I lost my mom a few weeks ago. Please forgive me for expressing my views.
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:28am@boogeo
Losing your mom doesn’t have anything to do with it, You’re still an idiot for making a comment like that. Guess your mom didn’t bring you up properly.
Still time to come up put of the basement
Report Post »NomoObama
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:40amYo Boogeo:
Report Post »The Canadian Death Panel is not responsible for the baby, his parent’s are. Anyone can take life away, his parent’s are just trying to give him all they can. Not too much wrong with that.
boogeo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:40amRandy, you have shown great compassion for babies. I guess I am not worthy of the same. I wish you well with your stream of hate. You are a pettifogger.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:48amHow christian of you Randy. Amen brother…praise the lord and kill the libs. You are a sad excuse for a human
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:10pm@boogeo
Actually you’re wrong, I have a lot of compassion for people, just not liberal progressive idiots.
And I’ve wasted enough of my time on you.
Report Post »boogeo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:16pm@Randy, you call me a progressive and you don’t even know me. You invoke the name of God in your statements and condemn and judge me out of the other side of your mouth. I pity you.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:25amEven though I know the ultimate outcome, I still think it is awesome that he will be able to live the rest of his life at home with people who love him.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:19amTruly a miracle has been done; his life spared.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:28amIf Obamacare doesn’t get repealed there will be no hope for any of the sick.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:34amJesus, Please Heal Baby Joseph. Please Bless Him and His Family by Giving Baby Joseph a Long and Happy and Healthy Life, For The Glory of God.
Report Post »bry
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:43amI am so glad they could help baby Joseph. I pray for him and his family. I pray for us too, because this is where the US is headed. Health care doled out bu the governement means no health care.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:51amThe child doesn’t have long to live, sadly. At least the child can be home with his parents and family in a warm caring environment rather than a cold uncaring hospital during his last days.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:56amHere’s your result of state sponsored medical insurance. And some say Canada has a good health care system. It has a good one as long as you’re healthy already.
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:57amIf Obama had his way this precious child would be dead already.
Report Post »Every day this child lives is a blessing for his parents.
May he live a long life.
afishfarted
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:57amah yes, universal heathcare tells a family they can’t care for their won. Free enterprise says you can. Free enterprise good. socialism bad.
Report Post »Hope the kid lives for many many years, grow up as a shining example of freedom, and be the best dang rock star theis world has ever know
NOBALONEY
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:59am@ MANNAX Amen.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:03amI’m thrilled the U.S. doctors were able to help, but I’m also worried that the Canadian medical community will try to seize this child and deny medical treatment. I’m praying for a hedge of protection around him.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:28amAnd why does this story matter? To spread the health insurance corporate propaganda. First the facts, this child has only a few months to live, no matter what was done here. As usual Fox is a shill for the insurance monopoly and selectively uses a dying child to hammer their agenda. People in America are dying everday because they cannot afford insurance and it is the insurance companies that are the death panels in the USA. Go to the WHO website and see where we rate as a nation in health access and outcomes. It really is pathetic. We do not even rate with the industrialized countries…by the way they all have universal access. Obamacare is not universal access by any stretch. Don’t get duped by Fox, they are also an agenda driven media, not much different than MSNBC and the rest. CAnada has a balanced budget and a strong currency, because they took bold steps to bring down the cost of healthcare and other entitlements. We are a mess. And that is the truth. Fox should be ashamed for exploiting this this child for a political point.
Report Post »DLG123
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:54amThank God for the Preists for life, this Catholic Hospitol and all the doctors and volunteers for all the help they gave this precious baby Joseph… I kinda know what they are going through.
Report Post »When my son was in the hospitol with severe brain trauma our neuroligist told us that our boy “will never have a meaningful lilfe” and it is “cruel ‘to keep him alive“ and ”he will never be able to do anything but stare at a wall“ and ”if you were good parents you would take him off the ventilator“ Needless to say I told him to in not so many words ”Get out and don’t come back” God gave me my son back from the clutches oof death and allowed us to have him for another 10 months where he was able to eat by mouth, breath on his own and started tracking or following moving objects.. So all I have to say to his parents NEVER GIVE IN, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!! God bless them on the journey. LIFE is the only real choice!!!
mrsmileyface
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:41pmCanadas death panel said no to this child. And wanted him to die soon. And now theres a committee (death panel) here in the US right now. Just have to be implemented which is why the seniors who have medicaid was given a pass on Obamacare this week. Things that make you go Hmmmmmm.
Report Post »ThatCatGirl
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:45pmHis life was not spared. It was prolonged. A miracle yes, but this poor baby is still terminal. :(
Ammaof3
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:57pmPrayers have been answered and we can all learn something from this.
Report Post »Ilovefoiegras
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:16pmI agree with Zorro6821, we can learn alot from our Canadian friends to the north. Currently, Canada allows Canadian oil companies to drill, mine and refine oil in their own country, which has led to a strong Canadian dollar — amazing given Canada’s high environmental standards. Additionally, Canada does not have a death tax, so their citizens have more money available for discretionary spending. Aside from choosing life or death for their citizens, Canada is pretty cool!
Report Post »pnh
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 8:51pmThe UK kills preemies born under 23 weeks. They just don’t provide any aid, but place the parents and child in a “special” room. I guess the Canadians and their socialized care, is also into cost cutting. Their motto better to save money, than prolong a life.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 11:11amOne more WIN for the US healthcare system, and one more reason to repeal.
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