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WINDSOR, Ont. — Baby Joseph napping at home in his crib on Easter Sunday is all the proof his father needs that his Ontario doctors were wrong. Only months ago, the fate of 15-month-old Joseph Maraachli was a question mark. Doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., sought to take the infant off life support as he battled a progressive neurological disease. But on Sunday, the round-cheeked baby was home in Windsor, resting in a cradle packed with plush toys. Now and then he opened his eyes or wriggled a little, or moved his arms beneath father Moe...

Baby Joseph Maraachli Heading Home After Getting Tracheotomy St. Louis, MO -- Baby Joseph Maraachli is heading back home to Canada after his parents received help from an American pro-life group that assisted when a Canadian hospital refused to provide the baby a tracheotomy to help him breathe. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/04/21/baby-joseph-maraachli-heading-home-after-getting-tracheotomy/

Baby Joseph Maraachli Receives Tracheotomy Today at Hospital St. Louis, MO -- Baby Joseph Maraachli, the 14-month-old Canadian infant who was denied the medical procedure in his country, will receive a tracheotomy today at a Catholic hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/03/21/baby-joseph-maraachli-receives-tracheotomy-today-at-hospital/

Baby Joseph Will Have Tracheotomy by the End of the Week St. Louis, MO -- Doctors at the Catholic hospital in Missouri that agreed to take Baby Joseph Maraachli, the 14-year-old Canadian infant who was denied the medical procedure in his country, say they will do a tracheotomy by the end of the week. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/03/15/baby-joseph-will-have-tracheotomy-by-the-end-of-the-week/

Surgeons at Tucson's University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center. Removing her from the ventilator, which means she is now breathing on her own, allows the medical team to assess her ability to speak and is another step toward stabilizing her condition so that she can leave the intensive care unit and be moved to a regular hospital room. The tracheotomy tube in her throat provides a passageway for free movement of air and, if she begins to have trouble...

Ohio woman dies after fight dislodges breathing tube; man charged Associated Press Wednesday, October 4, 2006 MASSILLON, Ohio — A man was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman whose tracheotomy tube was dislodged during a shoving match, police said. Lois Wisenbarger, 56, died on Monday night after Michael Danby II shoved Wisenbarger's husband into her ventilation machine, dislodging the tube, Perry Township police said. The Stark County coroner's preliminary report showed Wisenbarger died of asphyxia. Danby, 19, of Magnolia, also was charged with aggravated burglary and assault, Police Chief Tim Escola said. He was being held...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation Thursday night to insert a tube in his throat to relieve his breathing problems, hours after he was rushed back to the hospital for the second time in a month with flu-like symptoms of fever and congestion, the Vatican said. The pope was conscious and back in his hospital room late Thursday, breathing with the help of a respirator, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. A top aide to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who visited the pope said John Paul was "serene" after waking up from the...

FOX NEWS: Pope has been taken to operating room. Doctors preparing to operate.

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WASHINGTON (Oct. 25) - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80 and the second-oldest man to preside over the nation's highest court, is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, officials announced Monday. Rehnquist underwent a tracheotomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland on Saturday, the court's announcement said. It added he expects to be back at work next week when the court will next be in session. Even so, Rehnquist's hospitalization little more than a week before the election gave new prominence to a campaign issue that has been overshadowed by the war on terrorism. The next president is likely to...