Dad in court to save son; WORLDTODAY.A FATHER whose son was born with a rare condition was going to the High Court today to try to stop a hospital withdrawing support that keeps him alive. Doctors want to take the one-year-old Adj. 1. one-year-old - one year of age young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" off a ventilator ventilator /ven·ti·la·tor/ (ven´ti-la-tor) 1. an apparatus for qualifying the air breathed through it. 2. a device for giving artificial respiration or aiding in pulmonary ventilation. which allows him to breathe breathe To inhale and exhale during respiration; to respire and the hospital is taking its action to the High Court, supported by the child's mother, who is separated from the father. The one-year-old, known as Baby RB, was born with a rare neuromuscular neuromuscular /neu·ro·mus·cu·lar/ (-mus´ku-ler) pertaining to nerves and muscles, or to the relationship between them. neu·ro·mus·cu·lar adj. 1. condition which severely limits the ability to breathe independently and limb movement. |
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