Last week, when a judge ordered a 13 year old boy to again start chemotherapy treatments after he and his family chose to discontinue them, the boy’s mother threatened to take her son and disappear.  She made good on her threat; neither the teen or his mother showed up in court today.  There’s now an arrest warrant for Colleen Hauser for failing to appear today.  Further, the boy will now be placed in foster care once he returns to the court’s jurisdiction. 

Anthony Hauser did appear in court today and told the judge his wife told him it was better if he didn’t know where she was taking their son.  After speaking with one of his son’s doctors, he now believes the chemotherapy is the only option.  Unfortunately, that same conversation with the doctor revealed the tumor is now growing and pushing against the port that was inserted as a way to get the treatment into his son’s chest, causing even more pain to the 13 year old.  Still, his mother chose to take her son away from the very ones who could not only alleviate his pain, but probably cure the cancer.  Clearly, the natural healing methods the family had attempted to incorporate fell flat.  The herbal supplements didn’t serve their purpose either.

Because of this mother’s choices, she will now lose her son to the foster system and will most likely have no say at all in his future medical treatments.  Even though she was shown the x-ray taken on Monday that revealed how the tumor has grown, she still opted to flee.  In fact, when the doctor suggested they discuss his treatment options, she quickly ushered her son out of his office and said there was no need for an oncologist.

One can’t help but wonder what this boy is really feeling about his treatment options.  Is he simply going  along with what his mother believes or does he sincerely wish to stop treatments?  It should also be noted that he was diagnosed in the past with a learning disability.

With the arrest warrant issued earlier today, it’s just a matter of time before mother and son are located.  What happens next will largely rest on the judge’s shoulders.

See the first post on this topic here.

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