Joshua McAdams and Taylor Bland brought their 4-year-old son to two of his chemotherapy appointments before taking him out-of-state to try alternative medicine.
"I know a doctor's not going to come back and say that chemotherapy is the best option and is the only treatment for him," Minardi said,"and I think that's the problem we have in this country right now is the fallacy of doctors pushing chemotherapy ... It destroys people."
Dr. Bijal D. Shah of the Moffitt Cancer Center's acute lymphoblastic leukemia program told the paper that stopping chemotherapy early almost always results in the cancer coming back. Shah also said that natural remedies of the type Noah's parents had tried do nothing to fight cancer.According to WTVT
, the prosecution pointed to McAdams' prior instances of domestic violence, and accused Bland-Ball of removing a PICC line from Noah's arm, putting Noah at risk of infection. A PICC line, or peripherally inserted central catheter, is a thin tube inserted into a child's vein, used to make the long-term administering of intravenous medication more comfortable for the patient.
In explaining why they chose to remove Noah from Johns Hopkins' care, McAdams told the court he didn't trust Noah's doctor.That matches what McAdams said during the May court case. At that time, he testified,"The hospital's governing body was disorganized and the doctors were not pleasant or professional to us. It seemed like doctors were disappearing on us and just passing down Noah's information second hand.
"There was intimidation from social workers who looked at me like I was not interested in my son's health because I didn't want to give my son chocolate milk, or pudding, or ice cream. I care for my son and it's very important that we watch what he eats," McAdams added.
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