A brave schoolboy whose skull was put back together 'like a jigsaw' by surgeons to prevent his brain being crushed is raising cash for the hospital which saved his life. Daniel Bradley, 10, was just three-months-old when he was diagnosed with the rare and life-threatening condition Craniosynostosis.
His condition meant one or more of the joints in his skull had fused together leaving not enough room for his brain to grow. The irregular skull shape can crush parts of the brain which can lead to learning difficulties, eye problems and ultimately death.
Surgeons had to painstakingly dismantle and rebuild Daniel's skull piece-by-piece during a gruelling nine hour operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 2012. Incredibly, an artificial gap was created in Daniel's head during the life-saving procedure in order for his to skull fuse together as he grew older.
