Alfie Evans’ undiagnosed degenerative brain condition has meant that medical experts and specialist doctors feel that his quality of life is not worth keeping him alive.
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But after being taken off his life support machine, Alfie shocked everyone. Specialist and expert doctors were confounded by the fact Alfie was able to breathe of his own accord. After initially refusing to provide oxygen and fluids to Alfie, and after significant pleading from his family, the doctors decided to oxygenate Alfie’s body, earlier this week. Now the family want to take Alfie to Italy where he can have a tracheostomy and look to get him further diagnosed.
Is the poor boy suffering too much to continue?
The NHS staff at Alder Hey want to end Alfie’s life because they believe he is suffering a lot of pain. But there is proof there that says otherwise. His parents are fighting tooth and nail to get Alfie the treatment he needs but so fair every court decision has been upheld.
After appealing to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the pair are continuing in declining to comment on the case and have shown no interest in making any effort to intervene.
Alfie's Law
In response to May's silent treatment, father Tom Evans had some scathing comments: 'She too interested in what is going on in Syria, in America, in this country and that country for my boy. She’s not interested in one of the biggest priorities that could potentially cause uproar for this country in the future.’
MEP Steven Woolfe, who has been a supporter of the Evans family since the beginning, has recently started petitioning for a new law that he's called Alfie's Law, which will give more power back to the parents in regards to how they care for their child.
