There is no hospital in the world and no amount of money that changes that report.”

I asked whether he could have lived.

She said: “In the sense of a heartbeat and a ventilator — yes, possibly, for some period.

Weeks.

Possibly longer, with a tracheostomy and a feeding tube, in an institution or at home with round-the-clock nursing, with no awareness of any of it and with seizures that are very difficult to control.

“That is a real option and some families choose it and I have taken care of those children and I do not judge one single parent who chooses it.

“It is not what was recommended and it is not what most people choose, and the recommendation your family was given was, in my professional opinion, correct.”