The 13-Year-Old Trapped in a Toddler's Body | This Morning

angers looks like examine the time of his life Oh Shania there's so much to look at Angus there is so much to look at and every time I Angus comes up on the screen I think you can catch sight of Andy welcome to you I have to start by asking you this what has made you want to come into the studio with Angus this morning okay well the vote for a million children in the UK who will got disabilities and Angus is actually one of the kinds he's completely unique in every single way you can say say hello to you how long and I just wanted to bring to everybody's attention that it's not just the bog-standard I don't want to say bog standard but syndromes like Down syndrome there are a lot of children and personal challenges there's a lot of children with what they call personal syndromes who fight a lot of battles because their people don't recognize them so they struggle sometimes to get services and stuff like that do you want to say as well obviously your friend Ruth and I know she cares for Angus as well just behind the cameras there for him so let's go about 13 years yes oh so that's when you were pregnant yes you're pregnant yes and while you're pregnant you said you felt that there was something not mine yeah I thought that there was something wrong because you couldn't feel I'm just kicking good yes because his older brothers like a football and Angus basically he just didn't really move at all and when I kept going back to the hospital to say I really don't think there's something quite right they kept saying to me don't be silly just you know get on with it and when I had a few issues yes literally the day he was born yes we know well basically when a child's born they do the regular sort of tests on them and he didn't respond accordingly so he was taken into special care and he stayed there for about well I think we were going to be released after ten days and then unfortunately have a seizure and then after I think we got home after about two and a half weeks and what were you being told at that stage well we have no idea there was anything wrong although they have the suspicions so they basically took us in an ambulance and we went to one of the Manchester hospitals and they went to one of the Manchester hospitals and they did some genetic tests and then three weeks after that they were able to tell me that they'd found this unique chromazone abnormality and they found it purely by accident is so unique it's not even got a name no it's yeah we'd just call it a personal syndrome or happy syndrome because I think that's that's a wonderful way really because because it everybody is going to have it when things are given name yes everyone gets put into a category yeah yeah yeah that it's completely wrong yes because everybody's version of that is going to be totally different coding anguses yes now what I'm Angus Commun is communicating with us right now of yes and saying all sorts of things yeah yeah but he basically he has yes that's that's his like I'm very happy everything's okay yeah he uses that that's like a general sort of thing and he uses so he can walk with his handheld and he'll communicate and take me to what he wants to do or whatever and he can point and touch things but otherwise he doesn't really have any comprehension of obviously where this is so rare there are so many unanswered questions yes what's life going to be like now going forward for Angus and and for you and you I have I don't really have any idea I mean I don't think he's ever got he's never going to be able to live an independent life so he's always going to be dependent on me but you know we just sort of work it out and get how his life stacked up for Angus according to the original prognosis that he was given what do you mean is when when the doctors were telling you what might hear the case has he has anger surprised everybody I think in some ways yes I mean the fact that he's actually standing on his two feet and almost walking and I think at some stage they thought you know that wasn't going to happen he had an operation earlier this year and it's been completely life-changing because for he had gastric reflux so he just used to sit there focusing on being sick basically the whole time it's so lovely seem so happy we're gonna we're going to go to weather now but you can have a look at the boats for as long as he wants really enjoying it you

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Length: 4min 53sec (293 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 18 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/ejsandstrom]

I have so much respect for families like this. This mom will need to take care of a toddler the rest of her life. When you have a kid you expect that things will be hard for a while, then they will start to be more independent, and eventually they will be on their own.

This mom will never have that.

On top of that she has probably thought about what happens when she dies. Someone else will have to take care of the kid.

[u/TheTittyQueen]

Why is his skin so wet/shiny?