when we sent out that general announcements they they came forward. >> reporter: the child was rushed to the cardinal glennon hospital. he's fighting a disease that the canadian doctors say placed him in a vegetative state with no hope of recovery. the doctors say the status was terminal and they were planning to remove his breathing tube. the baby's father asked canadian doctors to insert a tracheotomy and allow joseph to be sent home to die. but the hospital refused. the court upheld the hospital's decision, ordering the parents to consent to the withdrawal of the breathing tube. now that joseph has been removed from that hospital, the family is hoping their son will have a fighting chance.