A judge ordered a 3-year-old to continue chemotherapy despite the parents' wishes

May 10, 2019

The resolution states that the child should continue the oncological procedure even if his parents refused to go to the hospital.

In recent days, the justice of Florida, United States ordered that the little Noah McAdams Only three years continue oncological treatment. The judge Caroline Tesche Arkin understood that the child should continue the medical procedure despite the disagreement of his parents, Joshua McAdams and Taylor Bland-Ball.

In early April, doctors diagnosed Noah Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. At the end of the first phase of treatment, the child's parents did not agree with the procedure and sought other techniques through: medical marijuana and natural remedies to relieve the pain of the child.

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"It's not a choice between alternative therapies or natural therapies, but as parents, it's our right to look for other options."said the baby's mother in front of the media. This is how the woman and her husband decided not to take their son to a meeting scheduled for Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital.

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Seeing that the family was not present at the scene, an employee of the establishment informed the police of this fact. Soon, the agents began looking for them and eventually found them in Kentucky, according to the portal. CNN in Spanish. There, Joshua and Taylor reportedly explained that they did not know that they could not leave Tampa and reported that they were seeking a second medical opinion for the case.

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At that time, the court realized that the parents were not able to answer for Noah's health and removed him from his position. The boy was transferred to his grandmother, who will accompany him in the oncological procedure.

"We are happy that the child uses an alternative treatment, at least to fight the side effects of chemotherapy and the maximum help to cure leukemia in your body, "he said. CNN Mike Minardi, family lawyer.