BBC News
2009-11-06
2 November 2009 — The one-year-old, known as Baby RB for legal reasons, was born with a rare, genetic muscle condition that makes it hard for him to breathe independently.
The father is fighting a hospital's attempt - backed by the mother - to withdraw his son's life support.
The father's lawyers argue that the boy's brain is unaffected.
This means he can see, hear, interact and play, they say.
Despite having to remain in hospital and being dependent on a ventilator to breathe, he enjoys having stories read to him and listening to music, according to the lawyers.
They are submitting video footage to the court, which they say shows him playing with his toys.
'Tragic case'
The boy's father believes that his son might be taken off his ventilator and returned home from hospital if surgeons carried out a tracheostomy, which creates an opening in the neck to deliver air to the lungs.