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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Olivia Williams

Asda staff step in after boy, 9, makes unique birthday request

Asda staff are helping to make a nine-year-old boy's dreams come true.

William Magee, who will be 13 on Friday, August 19, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy before his second birthday. His specific condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has forced him to use a wheelchair and he is dependent on others to feed him.

Despite his illness his mum Kelly, 42, wants to make his special day “the most memorable ever”. To celebrate becoming a teenager William, from Prenton, wants to open as many birthday cards as possible.

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