A baby has been born with back to front legs and no buttocks due to a condition only five people in the UK have.
Baby Baron was born last month to Tracy Fletcher, 39, and her partner Edward. Tracy was told her baby would be severely handicapped when she went for her 20-week scan but she and her partner decided to go ahead and have the baby.
Baron was born without buttocks and with clubbed feet and has no control over the lower half of his spine, hips, bladder or bowels. He has been diagnosed with caudal regression syndrome (CRS).
Tracy, a care assistant from Cheltenham, said:
We want to give Baron the best quality of life as we possibly can. Despite everything he’s been through and what he has to face on a daily basis, he’s turning into the most wonderful little boy.We don’t want him brought up any differently to any other baby.After the 20 week scan we immediately started wondering what quality of life he would have and if he’d have a chance of life at all.