The Court of Appeal is to hold a last-minute hearing in the case of Archie Battersbee - hours before doctors are due to withdraw life support.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Hollie Dance said decisions about her son Archie should be made by his parents and not a court or hospital
Archie, who is at Royal London Hospital in east London, is due to have his life support stopped on Monday afternoon.Image source,Archie Battersbee suffered brain damage in an incident at home on 7 April and has not regained consciousnessIt comes after two High Court judges agreed with doctors and said life-support treatment could end.
A legal "stay" to prevent treatment being withdrawn has also been put in place until 13:00 on Monday.Ms Dance said the family felt "relieved" that the government had taken the UN's intervention seriously."The anxiety of being told that Archie's life-support will be removed... at 2pm has been horrific. We are already broken and the not knowing what was going to happen next is excruciating.
She said based on evidence from cases similar to Archie's: "I don't think six months was not too much to ask for, before being dragged through a court.
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