<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="" title="WA"><span>WA</span></a><span> father barred from interfering with his teenage son's cancer treatment says he now supports the boy receiving </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/cancer" rel="" target="" title="chemotherapy"><span>chemotherapy</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family claims they wanted time to consider their options, but the boy was taken away before they could.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His son is fighting a rare blood cancer, which was only recently diagnosed, but this father says he feels like the teenager was kidnapped after doctors said he needed chemotherapy.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brittany-groth-sam-groths-wife-publicly-slams-reporting-on-personal-relationship/c319549a-90bf-49ad-8739-6a315abf1a5b"><strong><span>Sam Groth's wife publicly slams 'despicable' reporting on personal relationship</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They said, 'We're taking the boy to Perth, we're flying him right now to hospital', and we felt very pressurised," the father claimed in an interview with 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I said, 'we need 24 hours just to review our options, there's a few key people to speak to'."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father claimed they did not get that time and police eventually arrived at their home.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wa-news-dad-barred-from-questioning-sons-chemotherapy-speaks-out/062fc605-b360-4d1c-b215-a9d0c8aa8187" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The boy went back in the house because the house was surrounded, and it seemed that they were absolutely going to kidnap him," the father claimed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every time there's a a shape move behind us or a red and blue light, we're all filled with terror."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/controversial-parking-change-brought-in-near-gold-coast-beach/659cbc36-e820-41cc-8d9f-05ddb3afb364"><strong><span>Controversial parking change brought in near Gold Coast beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father was handcuffed and his teenager taken to Perth Children's Hospital for treatment for acute myleoid leukemia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Family Court was told it was an emergency and without it, the boy could die within weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But on the weekend, his father cut his chemotherapy line.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I asked for them to pause until we could then look at alternatives," the father claimed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said he had now changed his mind and "we fully support the hospital".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're happy to go along with them. Honestly I just need the time to do my own research.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I do believe that each of us should be able to choose our own healthcare, that should be a human right."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy's chemo continues here at Perth Children's Hospital where it's expected he'll have to attend for at least the next four to six weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's a real talent and he's an amazing boy," the father said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If anyone's going to beat it, he will."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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