The parents of Charlie Gard will head back to court on Monday (July 10) in their latest bid to allow their 11-month-old son to be treated with an experimental therapy.
Connie Yates and Chris Gard are hopeful ahead of the High Court hearing, which is listed to start at 2pm, following the failure of previous legal attempts.
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) experts treating terminally ill Charlie say the proposed treatment will not help him, and successfully argued that he should instead now receive palliative care.
But on Friday (July 7) the hospital said it would to go back in the courtroom after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have “fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment”.
It marked the end of a remarkable week for Ms Yates and Mr Gard in which they received support from the Pope and Donald Trump.
On Sunday (July 9), they handed over a petition to GOSH with more than 350,000 names on it from around the world .
It called for the family to be allowed to travel to receive the experimental treatment, something currently blocked by a High Court ruling.
Speaking outside the hospital at a vigil , 31-year-old Ms Yates said: “He’s our son, he’s our flesh and blood. We feel that it should be our right as parents to decide to give him a chance at life.”
She added: “There is nothing to lose, he deserves a chance.”
Ms Yates said the medicine offered a 10% chance of success, which were odds she was willing to take.
Charlie’s parents, who reluctantly left their son’s bedside at the weekend because they wanted to thank supporters for backing their cause, said they feel stressed but hopeful.
The couple from Bedfont , told the Press Association: “The whole world knows about us and about Charlie and our fight. There’s a lot of pressure on it. It’s hard work but we have hope so that keeps us strong. Charlie keeps us strong.
“Until you’re in this situation, you don’t understand the power of hope.”
The parents said they want to be trusted to act in his best interests, with Mr Gard adding they would stop the treatment if they believed it was harming their son.
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He said: “If we won the court case and we got to America, and then within the first week of treatment he started suffering and he was in pain, we would let him go.
“This isn’t about us. This is about Charlie and giving him the chance he needs.”
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