Sep 28, 2011 / 14:06 pm
Joseph Maraachli, the terminally ill 20 month-old known affectionately as “Baby Joseph,” died peacefully at home with his family in Windsor, Ontario on Sept. 28.
“It seemed like a relaxing breath, like he was okay. It didn’t seem like he struggled,” Joseph's mother Sana told Canada's CBC News.
Baby Joseph, who suffered from a severe and fatal neurological disorder called Leigh Syndrome, was considered to be in a vegetative state by Canadian doctors, who recommended that he have his feeding and breathing tubes removed.
In March of this year, Joseph's parents Moe and Sana Maraachli had asked pro-life advocacy group Priests for Life for help after doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario refused to transfer the child to a facility that could perform a tracheotomy on him.