Archie Battersbee

PHILLIP SCHOFIELD comforted Hollie Dance who is fighting to keep her 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee alive on Thursday's instalment of This Morning.

This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby conducted a heartbreaking interview with Hollie Dance about her son Archie Battersbee who doctors believe is brain stem dead. Phillip added: "I hope you get the time you need and we thank you for coming in today as we know you really want to get back to him." "He was rushed to a local hospital and was he breathing on his own when he first went to the hospital?" An emotional Phillip told Hollie "you did everything you could" in a bid to comfort her. Hollie started breaking down in tears, adding: "Every moment is precious and I am having to go to court all day and I am not getting back to the hospital some days until 7.30pm." The 12-year-old is at the centre of a High Court dispute where a judge is set to decide whether his life-support treatment should continue.

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I know of somebody who had a brain injury and was unresponsive for two years. I will keep you all in my thoughts. so I tell him what I’ve been doing this morning and that I love him.” It’s just awful they’re having to split precious time with Archie to fight this.” He’s young, he just needs time.” “Keep fighting for little Arch. I lost my brother to a brain injury and if he’s showing signs like he is, there is hope.

Hollie Battersbee, from Essex, found her son, Archie, on April 7 unconscious at the top of the stairs.

A final hearing is being heard at the Family Division of the High Court in London. After being taken to the Royal London Hospital, medical professionals told Hollie he was brain-dead and that as a legal formality they would need to take a brain stem test. Every single minute is precious, I'm having to sit in court not getting back to the hospital someday until half seven at night." Doctors at the hospital put Archie into a neuro-protective induced coma and put on life-support, MyLondon reports. "I tried to get it off, it was around his chin, but it was cutting off his windpipe. I'm going with my gut, a mother's gut instinct is so strong, I need to go with it."

Holly Willoughby broke down in tears on This Morning on Thursday as the mother of brain injured boy Archie Battersbee discussed her High Court fight to keep ...

I’m not getting back to hospital some days until half seven at night.' Shocking: She told This Morning hosts Phillip and Holly that she found Archie (pictured) with something tied around his neck, cutting off his 'windpipe' Ms Dance told This Morning hosts that she found Archie with something tied around his neck, cutting off his 'windpipe'. Brave: His mother Hollie Dance (left) told This Morning that she is willing to 'explore every avenue to keep her son alive Hollie Dance said that she is willing to 'explore every avenue' to keep her son, Archie Battersbee, alive. Heart-breaking: Archie has not regained consciousness after he was found unresponsive with a ligature around his neck at his home in Southend, Essex on April 7

Archie, who is a keen gymnast and aspiring MMA fighter, was found unconscious at his home in Southend, Essex, on April 7, and has not yet regained consciousness ...

He was rushed to hospital and has since been receiving treatment at the Royal London Hospital, where he has remained on a ventilator. We’re not going to give up on Archie, this isn’t the end of the road for us by no means.” Ella continued: “No matter the outcome, this isn’t the end of the road. When asked how she’s feeling about the judgement, Hollie said: “Nervous, I am nervous but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter because it isn’t the end of the road. The only medicine he’s ever taken is Calpol. When he was younger, I found him once with his finger in the plug socket and I joked ‘well that’s where you get all your energy from’. Outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday (June 7), she said: “Today, I’ve woken up feeling positive, and I’ve not felt that for a while but today I am determined and positive. We’ve had such support from friends and family, we’ve had people from all over the world get in contact. The Facebook page ‘spreadthepurplewave’ has also become a forum for family friends and supporters to share updates and well wishes for the family. Since then it’s developed as a place to arrange fundraising events and offer prayers and share photos of Archie to raise awareness. The mum of a 12-year-old boy with ‘catastrophic’ brain damage revealed that his heart rate went up by 20bpm when he heard her in the room. She has also shared videos of Archie holding her hand whilst in hospital, despite medical staff saying that they have seen no response from the youngster since he was first admitted. Doctors treating Archie say his stem is 50 per cent damaged and that 10-20 per cent of it is in necrosis - where cells have died and/or are decaying.