A baby boy born with a "odd shaped head" will need to have his skull removed to ease pressure building up on his brain.
Lucas Carter, 11 months, was diagnosed with craniosynostosis, birth defect which causes the bones of the skull to fuse too early, in September 2022, and is now awaiting major surgery at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
His mum Emma Brazier, 27, said: "When Lucas was born his head was quite an odd shape, quite long and narrow. His length and weight were in the 50th percentile, but his head was in the 99th percentile, so we were referred to a paediatric consultant at Barnsley Hospital.
