Thanks, SophieRose, for this update. As many speculated, the plan was to get him admitted directly to PICU from the Guatemalan hospital, via the airevac flight. PICU chief at CHLA didn't know the history of the case-- and I strongly bet that will never happen again at CHLA.
It's all over now except the lawsuits-- and I'm guessing there will be at least 3 of those, and they'll trudge thru the courts for 3-4 years. However, this case is so well documented, that I doubt the family will have any legitimate "actionable" damages. I don't think they will get any money from the lawsuits.
It's incredibly sad, but I don't think any of the 4 American hospitals, or their staff, did anything medically wrong in this case. This very sick child had truly extraordinary care, sustained at a high technological level, and for a longer time, that many other children in similar situations don't have access to. That doesn't make it any less sad, but little Israel was given every opportunity to improve, and was just too sick. Sometimes,sadly, people are just more broken than we can fix. Everyone wanted this little one to get better and go home.