LONDON (AP) – A lawyer for the parents of Charlie Gard told a judge Tuesday their last wish is to take their critically ill son home to die.
Lawyers for the family of the 11-month old infant and the hospital treating him returned for a hearing before Britain’s High Court, a day after the baby’s parents said they were dropping their long legal battle to get him experimental treatment.
The family attorney, Grant Armstrong, told a judge that Chris Gard and Connie Yates have held discussions with Great Ormond Street Hospital about sending Charlie home, but that there were obstacles.
Yates was in court for the hearing before Judge Nicholas Francis.
Charlie suffers from mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic disease, and cannot breathe unassisted. His parents accept that his condition has deteriorated to the point where the experimental treatment would not work.