HAMILTON - An 11-year-old boy in a Hamilton hospital has undergone a second day of chemotherapy that he says he doesn't want.
The boy has acute lymphoblastic leukemia and two of the country's top child cancer specialists say he'll die without treatment.
This isn't the boy's first time in chemotherapy. He was diagnosed with cancer when he was seven.
He had one year of remission and on January 27th he celebrated his cancer-free year. But, by February 8th, the cancer was back.
The boy had one round of chemo in February and then said he wanted no more, and his family backed his decision.
But a judge has ruled the boy cannot make an informed decision and that he isn't capable of thoroughly understanding what it means to refuse chemo.
His family had been banned from the hospital after he was seized by the Children's Aid Society on Thursday when his father went into a rage, swearing and threatening CAS staff.
Yesterday he completed his second day of chemotherapy and his family was allowed to see him.
