When he was three days old he was diagnosed with brittle bone disease or osteogenesis imperfecta, an incurable congenital condition characterised by fragile bones. “My condition doesn’t keep me down,” Liam says when we meet him at the family home in Retreat, Cape Town. He knows one knock or fall could break another bone “and he’s very afraid of that”. “You put a blanket over them and when you pull it off, they disappear.”No doubt resilient little Liam will always find something special to pull out of his hat. More about Liam's diseaseOsteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bone disease is caused by a defect in the gene that produces type 1 collagen, a protein essential in bone creation.

Source: News 24 April 30, 2019 07:30 UTC