AUSTIN -- The mother of a critically ill baby said she’ll do everything possible to find treatment for her son after a hospital concluded that there’s no hope of recovery for the boy.

The Children’s Hospital of Austin said Monday that it will withdraw 16-month-old Emilio’s respirator in 10 days unless another hospital can be found to take him.

Catarina Gonzales, 23, has battled with the hospital over continuing treatment for her son, who she said still responds to her.

Doctors say he is comatose and near death as a result of Leigh’s disease, which causes the central nervous system and muscles to degenerate.

Texas law allows doctors to end life-sustaining treatment in cases where they deem the treatment futile or unethical. But the hospital must give a family 10 days to seek a transfer once the decision is made.

“The current aggressive treatment plan for Emilio amounts to a nearly constant assault on Emilio’s fundamental human dignity, and with little, if any, corresponding benefit to Emilio,” a hospital ethics committee wrote in its report about ending treatment.

Gonzales, of Lockhart, said she’ll look across state lines if she must to find treatment.

“It’s really hard because you see your son moving, and you see him opening his eyes,” Gonzales said. “He’s fighting. ... If I have to take him out of state, I will.”

Michael Regier, general counsel for the Seton Family of Hospitals, said an extensive search for another treatment provider has been unsuccessful.

Jerri Ward, Gonzales’ lawyer, said it’s unlikely a hospital in Texas would agree to take Emilio.

A hospital ethics committee reviewed Emilio’s treatment in February and doctors agreed to continue treatment in case a transfer facility could be located or he got strong enough to go home, Regier said.

A second ethics panel took up the case as the boy’s conditioned worsened and Gonzales continued to demand treatment.