RIP Alfie Evans

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I'm so gutted for his family, I was hoping he would prove everyone wrong, I keep giving my 15 month old baby boy big hugs :(
Rest in Peace little soldier 💙

FB is full of outpourings of grief and vitriol from the Army. Sickening.

Fluffy, not necessarily grief tourists but think it's empathy. People walking in other people's shoes.

RIP beautifull boy. So heartbroken for the family.

I do hope people can learn from this.

RIP and commiserations to all who cared for Alfie

Poshindevon
Good reply
I agree with what you said

Luckily, my Facebook is free of any grief tourists and i hope it stays that way

It is very sad and my heart goes out to his parent's.
Glad his end came relatively quickly after life support was removed, he'd suffered enough

Baked beans and ppshindevon there's really no need to put the op down like that. Faced with a dying toddler OF COURSE you're going to hope/wish for a miracle unless you are totally heartless!! You can understand it's totally illogical and still wish......

Anyway RIP Alfie and I pray your parents will find peace!!

I hope his parents can take comfort from knowing they did all that they could.

It wasn't the best approach by many but approaches done out of sheer desperation and love are always going to be highly emotionally driven and volatile.

Let little Alfie Evans RIP and allow his parents time to grieve.

This little boy will have have a bigger impact on the world and possibly be responsible for some serious policy review - he had a short life but he made an impact.

Ps I've always support AH. Doesn't mean I've never empathised with his parents

RIP little one.

RIP Alfie. I’m really hope his parents have lots of support at the moment. Whatever your thoughts about his case they are grieving

While Alfie was alive there was hope. Maybe not hope for a recovery but just simply hope for life itself.
Without hope there is little point to life, it's not delusion, it's a human characteristic.

Sleep tight little soldier.💙

Poor little lamb rip.
Poor parents. They did what they thought was right for their child. To the best of their ability. As we all try to less. Less judgement about a situation we pray we will never face and more solidarity as parents.

Beautiful little baby at peace now. I hope his parents find rest and peace too.

RIP little man.

It was inevitable but it doesn't make it any less heartbreaking.

Why are people so sad? Because they can see their DCs and the though of going through this is heartbreaking.

But let's not forget itsveasy to be irrational when your world is falling apart. Our mind plays tricks on us and like forgetting traumatic things to protect ourselves so too we create falls hope. To protect ourselves.

Echoing the well wishers here. Love, support and comfort to Tom, Kate and family.
RIP little fella X

At peace at last. I hope Alfie's parents find comfort in their grief.

poshindevon I agree
It’s as tragic as when any child dies but the fact that this has been played out in the glare of the worlds media with every idiot and his dog having an opinion makes it no more or no less sad
There are too many grief vampires out there making this tragedy their own and no doubt they will now move on to their next “cause” and make that situation a whole lot worse too.
This is about a little boy who has been very ill and has now sadly died, not about a bunch of people with their own agendas with nothing better to do than jump on the latest bandwagon when the majority of them know sod all about it.
RIP Alfie

His parents are going through the worst kind of hell there is. I hope they have lots of support around them for the days, weeks, and long years ahead. RIP little Alfie

I really do wish when people offer condolences they wouldn't write stuff like I keep giving my 15 month old baby boy big hugs I've had similar said to me many times. It's really insensitive and pisses me, and many other bereaved parents that i know, off so much, what is a bereaved parent supposed to do with that?

It's very sad, but it also proves that everything that the hospital/medics were saying was right.

I completely agree. Alder Hey is an amazing hospital and the time spent on this case can only have detracted from the care of other desperately ill children.

Oh how sad. I’m glad they managed to get a day or two of cuddles off the respirator and I hope they can find some peace. Absolutely heartbreaking for them. I have a boy a similar age and I’ve found this whole case so sad.

The Christian legal centre, and the protestors should be hanging their heads in shame.

Much sympathy for the family - losing a child is unthinkably awful 💐 they also have the worry that the condition was never diagnosed and so could recur in subsequent children - that has to be an awful thing to live with.

I agree hoppinggreen

so sad, I hope his parents have lots of support