And so began an eight-month long legal battle to save Charlie’s life.
After two international medical experts flew in and evaluated Charlie’s condition, the boy’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, announced on Monday that “it’s too late” for their son.
“A whole lot of time has been wasted,” Chris Gard said in a tearful statement to the press. “We are now in July and our poor boy has been left to just lie in a hospital for months without any treatment.”
On Tuesday the parents returned to court to request that they be granted permission to take their son home to die.
“We just want some peace with our son—no hospital, no lawyers, no courts, no media—just quality time with Charlie away from everything to say goodbye to him in the most loving way,” Connie said in a statement.
Their final request was denied, and Charlie was moved to hospice Thursday afternoon.
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“I’m shocked that after all we’ve been through, they won’t allow us this extra time.”
Connie and Chris have previously said that if Charlie is not given the chance to live, they will donate all of the money raised to research for the depletion syndrome.
Our continued prayers are with Charlie’s grieving family.
