By Dave Andrusko “Baby Joseph” Maraachli, the 20-month-old little boy who was at the center of a ferocious legal and medical battle, died at his home yesterday afternoon in Windsor, Canada. Brother Paul O’Donnell who was close to the parents, Joseph Maraachli and Sana Nader, said, “What they wanted was to let their baby die …
Continue reading "“Baby Joseph” Passes Away Peacefully and at Home"By Dave Andrusko There is always (to borrow from the legendary Paul Harvey) “the rest of the story,” the information that fleshes out what often are skeletal accounts. We’ve written a number of stories about “Baby Joseph” Maraachli, the gravely ill 15-month old baby whose parents fought an ultimately successful battle to have a tracheotomy …
Continue reading "The Story Behind the Story of Baby Joseph"By Dave Andrusko I’m told by the technical types here at National Right to Life who (unlike yours truly) know how to track reader responses that an extraordinary number of people have followed our stories about “Baby Joseph” Maraachli, the 15 month-old baby who, though very ill, is now safely back at home with his …
Continue reading "Baby Joseph’s Family Blessed by Son’s Presence at Home on Easter"By Dave Andrusko Last night I took my oldest daughter to a late show at the movies. With my cell phone turned off, it was not until 12:45am that I read on my droid the encouraging email which had been sent to my computer hours earlier. “Baby Joseph” Maraachi would be leaving SSM Cardinal Glennon …
Continue reading "“Baby Joseph” Leaves Hospital, Parents Express Gratitude for Prayers and Kindness"By Dave Andrusko A quick update on “Baby Joseph” Maraachli, the critically ill infant who was at the center an intense legal battle sparked by the decision of physicians at London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, to ignore the parents’ wishes for a tracheotomy to make it possible to take their child home to be …
Continue reading "“Baby Joseph”: A Lovely Video"By Dave Andrusko Earlier today doctors at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, performed a tracheotomy on “Baby Joseph” Maraachli, the gravely ill Canadian baby whose parents fought for months with a Canadian hospital to have the operation for their child in order that he might be taken home. Physicians at …
Continue reading "Doctors Perform Tracheotomy on “Baby Joseph”"By Dave Andrusko Doctors at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, will perform a tracheotomy today or tomorrow on the gravely ill thirteen-month-old Canadian baby, Joseph Maraachli, “to facilitate his transition to a skilled nursing facility,” according to Dr. Robert Wilmott, chief of pediatrics. “Baby Joseph” has been the focal point …
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