A baby's dry skin turned into a hard outer 'turtle shell' that left her struggling to breathe.
Elizabeth Kadlecik was born during the height of the pandemic in June 2020 - but unknown to her parents, she had a rare genetic condition that caused her skin to severely harden.
Known as harlequin ichthyosis, the skin grows too quickly, with cells multiplying so rapidly, it eventually hardens to a shell-like texture - which can become as thick as a turtle's at 8mm thick.
