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Daily Mirror
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Milica Cosic

Boy, 1, is 'ticking time bomb' waiting for skull to be removed due to rare defect

A mum has devastatingly revealed how her baby son was born with a life-changing birth defect, which leaves the family with no choice but to opt for a skull removal surgery.

Emma Brazier, 27, has opened up about how her one-year-old son, Lucas, was born with craniosynostosis, which is a birth defect that occurs when the bones in a baby's skull fuse together too early.

If little Lucas does not have the all-important surgery he so desperately needs to remove part of the skull, it could lead to him having seizures and going blind.

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