Who are Archie Battersbee’s parents?
ARCHIE BATTERSBEE was left in a coma after a "freak accident" at home on April 7, 2022.
Parents Paul Battersbee and Hollie Dance have been locked in a heartbreaking battle to keep Archie's treatment going as they remain hopeful that he will recover.
Who are Archie Battersbee's parents?
Archie's parents, Paul Battersbee, 57, and Hollie Dance, 46, are both from Southend, Essex.
The pair are fighting to keep their son on life-support after the doctors told them that the treatment should end.
The case went to court to be decided by a judge after doctors argued that parts of Archie's brain are dead and decaying and the "chance of recovery is very low."
But his parents have mounted several legal challenges to keep Archie on life support after a high court judge previously ruled ending his treatment would be in the child's best interest.
The parent's latest bid came on, August 2, 2022, as Paul and Hollie launched a Supreme Court appeal just minutes before his life support was due to be switched off.
The appeal means that three judges will now examine the application to allow the United Nations Commission for the Rights of People of Disability to consider the family's complaint.
Archie's mother Hollie said: "We are having to battle over every decision with the hospital.
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"There is nothing dignified in how we are being treated as a family in this situation.
"We do not understand what the rush is and why all of our wishes are being denied.
"We pray for an encouraging response from the Supreme Court."
What have Archie Battersbee's parents said?
Hollie is the one that has spoken most to the public about Archie's accident.
Hollie, 46 has written on Facebook during the ordeal: "Feeling broken but I'm not giving up."
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When talking about what happened to Archie, she told the : "It's a freak accident which resulted in a brain injury and I'm just reliving it constantly.
"To be honest the doctors are saying negative stuff, he's not responding, but we do hold hope.
"I feel he needs a bit of time.
"Obviously we don't know the extent of the injury at the moment so it's impossible to say how he's going to be once he's out."
Hollie found a ligature over his head and thinks that he might have been taking part of an online challenge.
She hopes that her son wakes up, recovers and returns to gymnastics and MMA fighting as she added: "The support really is what's kept me going.
"Everyone's praying for him, he's getting voice messages from his friends and from gymnastics from MMA.
"It feels like the whole of Southend is with him."
How is Archie Battersbee doing?
Archie is on life-support at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.
He has been in a coma since the accident happened on April 7, 2022, and on June 6, a specialist told the court that the 12-year old has a very low chance of recovering as his brain is dying.
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An earlier hearing saw a specialist tell the judge that he thought scans showed that damage done to the boy's brain is "irretrievable".
Two other specialists said that scans shows that he was "brain-stem dead".