NEW ULM, Minn. — The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer told a judge Tuesday that they now agree to the medical treatment, and the judge ruled their son can stay with them.
Daniel Hauser, 13, has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He and his mother missed a court appearance last week and left the state to avoid chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments. Colleen and Anthony Hauser told a Brown County district judge they now understand their son needs chemotherapy.
When Judge John Rodenberg asked an emotional Colleen Hauser whether she now thinks chemotherapy is necessary to save her son’s life, she replied, “Yes, I do.” Daniel is scheduled for a round of chemotherapy Thursday at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota.
Daniel and Colleen returned to Minnesota on Monday after almost a week on the run.
