A win for little Coopers parents

Dec. 22, 2014, 4 a.m.

A FORMER Barraba woman has struck a blow in her fight to keep her son alive through the use of medical marijuana.

LIVES CHANGED: Former Barraba woman Cassie Batten, with partner Rhett Wallace and son Cooper, 3, in Tamworth for last months medical marijuana symposium. Ms Batten was last week told she will not be charged for administering medical cannabis to her sick child. Photo: Barry Smith

A FORMER Barraba woman has struck a blow in her fight to keep her son alive through the use of medical marijuana.

Cassie Batten, who now lives in Melbourne with partner Rhett Wallace and their children, was thrust into the national spotlight in July when police raided their home and confiscated a cache of cannabis oil.

The oil was being used to treat their son Cooper, 3, who contracted bacterial meningitis at four weeks old, leaving him with severe brain damage, cerebral abscesses, epilepsy and cerebral palsy.

In desperation, the family began administering cannabis oil to treat Cooper late last year.

The results were stunning.

An EEG test before cannabis oil treatment showed Cooper having 57 seizures in 60 minutes.

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A win for little Coopers parents