The boy has only half a skull

After 10 surgeries for the treatment of a skull infection, 3-year-old Tom Trueman now has only . the first half. It sounds like a horror movie but in fact, just a fall or a strong collision can permanently damage Tom's brain, even if it suddenly dies.

Yet beyond the predictions of leading British doctors, the Manchester boy survived miraculously under the supervision of his parents every minute and minute and the help of a special helmet - made sponge helps limit 90% of external shocks.

Apert syndrome pursues Tom since he was born. It is a rare genetic mutation (found only in 1 out of 65,000 newborns) that prevents bone growth. Because of that, Tom's fingers and toes almost never formed.

Tom Trueman's destroyed skull image reproduced on the computer.
(Photo: Dailymail)

He underwent the first surgery in the Skull Face at Oxford Hospital when he was less than 4 months old to reduce pressure on the brain. Until December last year, another transplant almost lost Tom's life when a rivet attached to the titanium metal in his head caused an infection. That time Tom had to cut more than 1/3 of the skull.

Tom Trueman will also have to wear this 24/14 hat for at least another year, before being eligible for doctors to check the growth of the skull. And no matter what happens, from now until the age of 19, he still has to perform dozens of surgeries to recreate the skull, until the bone stops growing.

Currently, every sleep of Tom must have someone sitting next to watch, in case the baby rolls to the ground. He still goes to kindergarten, but it is a special class with only one teacher.

Wendy's mother hopes that in the near future, Tom can follow his brother Sam and his sister Kayleigh to school, whether or not they wear a foam helmet.

Tom Trueman - The boy has only half a skull
(Photo: Dailymail)

Thuy Van