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Liverpool Echo
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Harrison Moore & Aaliyah Rugg

Family 'live in fear' of taking son, 5, outside as 'everything is a danger'

"Everything is a danger" to a young boy whose only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant.

Back in November last year, Albie Tilford, five, began struggling to breathe and was rushed to hospital before he gradually improved. However, just a few weeks later the five-year-old started having trouble eating and walking without becoming breathless.

After getting worse, mum Rebecca Tilford said she was told his struggles were anxiety-related but she soon sought the opinion of another doctor. Eventually, it was found he had pneumonia on his left lung and was given antibiotics, leaving Albie with one working lung.

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