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Daily Mirror
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Cecilia Adamou

Baby with rare blistering skin condition makes it home for England World Cup opener

A baby boy with an extremely rare skin condition finally got to go home on Monday for the first time - just in time for England's first World Cup Match.

Louis Baxter, just three weeks old, was born with a rare skin disorder called epidermolysis bullosa (EB) which causes the skin - both on the outside and inside of the body - to be fragile and at high risk from tearing.

When Leanne Moffitt and Ryan Baxter from Yarm welcomed their baby into the world on 31 October, they had no idea they would be in for such a difficult journey.

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