For this terrible reason, a seven-month-old baby is taken off life support against the will of his parents in Spain

A baby, hospitalized since May 16, 2023, was disconnected from the equipment that kept him alive on Friday, August 18.

The parents continue to disagree over the decision of the doctors at a health center in La Coruña, Spain.

The events took place at the Mother and Child Hospital of A Coruña. There, the child, who was seven months old, was anesthetized and the aids were withdrawn, Faro de Vigo reported.

The clinical picture of the baby

Little Jaiden Bartolomé spent the last three months of his life in the hospital. It was explained on the aforementioned informational website that Jaiden’s parents sought professional help due to a respiratory condition.

For example, the then three-month-old baby was taken to Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital “for what appeared to be bronchiolitis.”

The baby did not evolve as expected and they added to the medical table that they had “detected dilated cardiomyopathy and transferred him to the Mother and Child Hospital of A Coruña” in Galicia.

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At the first medical center, according to Telecinco, Jaiden suffered “several cardiac and respiratory arrests, which made his survival very difficult.”

Faced with another strike, it was said that he would be included in the list of patients waiting for a heart transplant. Meanwhile, clinical trials continued.

The tests showed more severe damage: Jaiden had “cognitive and motor impairments, with a neurological risk of childhood cerebral palsy.”

They performed a new CT scan that made it possible to locate hygromas and clots in the head.

For the doctors, hopes of finding a heart for the child could no longer be nurtured, despite the fact that, according to Faro de Vigo, they had implanted a device to help the vital organ.

parental grief

The parents, as reported by the Spanish media, fought against this difficult and controversial decision made on August 18.

On Antena 3, they said that “the parents requested a second opinion from the University Hospital Complex of Santiago, in which they were told that the decision of the Chuac – University Hospital Complex of A Coruña – was ‘correct’.”

Jaiden’s parents, Faro de Vigo added, went to court “to file a complaint forcing the health authorities to perform an autopsy on their son.”

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what they say in networks

Understanding that you are not a doctor to voice an opinion on Jaiden’s case, some users have begun expressing themselves as follows:

Rocio Hernandez: When will we learn that living is not breathing?

@sassenach66: “And if the child suffered a lot and there was no solution? Sometimes you have to let go of those you love, because if we love them, they shouldn’t continue to suffer at our whims.

Others express their regret over the baby’s departure: “Cheers all”, “RIP little angel” and “A hug to those parents and rest in peace that child”.

(JO)

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