Maine officials have backed down in the case involving a mother who was fighting to have a DNR lifted for her child after the story gained national media exposure.

The state has been fighting against the mother of Aleah Peaslee, who was six months old when her father shook her to the point that she suffered brain damage and was hospitalized in a coma.

After Aleah was removed from life support and placed in her mother’s arms with doctors expecting her to die.  Instead, Aleah rallied and eventually came out of the coma.

Her mother Virginia Trask asked for the Do Not Resuscitate order placed on her daughter when she was in the coma be lifted since she was now recovering from her injuries.  The state jumped in to keep it in place saying the child still had brain damage.

After major media outlets picked up on the story, the Maine Health and Human Services Department released a statement saying that if a court upholds the order they sought to keep the DNR in place, they would not enforce it.

Observers say that the case will likely be dismissed because of the Department’s new position and the governor’s opposition to their involvement.