Judges ruled it was in the young man’s best interests for treatment to continue no later than midday on Tuesday after rejecting his family’s latest appeal on Monday. Archie was found unconscious at home on April 7 with a ligature over his head and his mother believes he took part in an online challenge. Shortly after midday on Tuesday, the family confirmed they had lodged an “urgent appeal” with the Supreme Court, the country’s highest court. Archie’s care will continue until the appeal is concluded. Speaking to GMB earlier, Hollie Dance said asking the court to intervene was the only option left to the family. “We’re in the final stages. That’s all… He hasn’t been given enough time,” he said. “I know Archie is still with us. Archie is showing very different signs than the clinicians are actually putting on the courts. He’s very much there, he’s progressing in many ways.” Mrs Dance, 46, said her son was regulating his own temperature and blood pressure and had a steady heartbeat and repeated her plea for more time. A judge has previously said that medical evidence showed “damage to [Archie’s] his brain has deprived him of all bodily autonomy.” Ms Dance said: “I find it very difficult not to exhaust every option. If there were no signs of progress and he was going backwards or there was no improvement, I would have no choice but to think otherwise, but he is not and while he is progressing, it is very difficult to stop fighting for his life.” Archie Battersbee has not regained consciousness since April 7th. Credit: Family photo Mrs Dance, from Southend, said: “I was in fight and flight [mode] since it happened i haven’t had a chance to process what happened. There was no way I was going to process everything… I promised Archie I would [fight] this until the end and this is what I do. “There is so much evidence that Archie is moving on. “Archie’s holding my hand. He holds other people’s hands. He has squeezed my fingers. “He was squeezing my fingers so tight my fingers were red. He opened his eyes. All he needs is time. That’s all we asked for.” Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs the Royal London Hospital where Archie is being treated, said: “Our sincere condolences and sympathies remain with Archie’s family at this difficult time. “We are following the courts’ direction so there will be no changes to Archie’s care while the family appeals to the High Court, although we will prepare to withdraw treatment after midday [Tuesday] unless otherwise instructed.” At the weekend, a UN panel stepped in to ask the UK government to delay withdrawal of life support while it considered Archie’s case. In a last-minute hearing organized at the request of the health minister, lawyers representing Archie’s parents told judges that if the withdrawal of the treatment that kept him on was not delayed, the court would be “complicit” in a “gross breach of international law. “. But senior judge in the Family Division of the High Court, Sir Andrew McFarlane said the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on which the UN committee based its request, was a “non-incorporated international treaty”. He said: “It is not part of UK law … and it is not appropriate for this court to apply an unincorporated international treaty to the decision-making process.” He added: “Every day that [Archie] to continue to receive life-sustaining treatment is against his best interests and, therefore, to stay, even for a short time, is against his best interests.’ Archie Battersbee has been unconscious since he was found with a ligature over his head in April. Credit: PA What happened to Archie Battersbee? Archie suffered “catastrophic” brain damage in an accident at home three months ago. His mother found Archie unconscious with a ligature over his head on April 7 and he has not regained consciousness. He believes he may have been participating in an online challenge. Doctors treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, believe he is ‘brain stem dead’ and say continuing on life support treatment is not in his best interests. Archie’s parents disagree and say his heart is beating and are being supported by the Christian Legal Centre’s campaign. Lawyers representing the Royal London Hospital’s management trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, had sought rulings on what medical moves are in Archie’s best interests. A High Court judge, Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, heard the case and concluded, after an earlier hearing, that Archie was dead. However, Court of Appeal judges upheld Archie’s parents’ challenge against the decisions made by Ms Justice Arbuthnot and said the evidence should be reviewed. The case was taken to the High Court, where Mr Justice Hayden ruled that life support could be lawfully withdrawn, saying the evidence showed Archie had suffered “significant injury” to “multiple areas” of his brain and had not “recovered consciousness at no time.” . Following a second appeal by the family, Court of Appeal judges upheld Mr Justice Hayden’s assessment. This led Archie’s family to look for other ways to overturn the decision, leading them to take the issue to the United Nations. Want a quick and special update on the biggest news? Listen to our latest podcasts to find out what you need to know