An Angus toddler who suffers from a rare physical condition has received a date for surgery.
Four-year-old Blake McMillan from Carnoustie was born with MECP2 duplication syndrome which causes developmental delay.
Surgery next month will see a tube inserted at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.
Posting on the Blake McMillan – Mecp2 Duplication Syndrome Facebook page, mum Jenny wrote: “We have a date for Blake’s surgery.
“Pleased to have a date, but naturally, I’m nervous about it.
“Blake has never had a general anaesthetic before so I’m worried about it.
“He will have a PEJ insertion (permanent feeding port which goes into his stomach with two ports, one in stomach and one which will lead to his bowel) and it will need to be done in Edinburgh Sick Kids as he will probably need an intensive care bed.
“This is scheduled for mid-February. Yikes!!!”
Blake’s condition affects only a handful of boys in Scotland and several hundred across the globe.
His family has led a fundraising campaign to raise funds for research into the condition.
The Courier revealed last month that lottery winner Gillian Bayford was paying for adaptations to a “perfect home” for Blake in Carnoustie.
Mrs Bayford is also donating rent paid by the family towards research into Blake’s condition as well as matching each rent payment made.
