A baby born with a potentially life threatening condition needed surgery to fix his "boat shaped" head.
When baby Jace was born examinations found he had no soft spot on his head and a protruding lump at the back. At first doctors were unsure what the problem was but after being transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital a scan revealed Jace had sagittal craniosynostosis - a condition which can cause problems with brain and skull growth and can leave the skull in a 'boat shape'.
Mum Toni Smith-Pickles said after the scan the family were given the option of having the surgery when Jace was 18-weeks-old or 18-months-old. But due to the risks of leaving the condition for too long the family decided to get the surgery done as soon as possible and Jace went in for a major operation in 2019, at four months old.
