Little Noah's recovery a world first

Ask Noah Southall what he wants to be when he grows up and he may reply, depending on what he's most recently seen on television, "a Gladiator". He's too young to know it, but Koonawarra's most endearing seven-year-old was born a fighter.Now he's a world-first medical miracle.Noah (pictured with mum Rosslyn) was diagnosed with the rare condition Proteus syndrome 12 months after he was born.A mutation in the gene responsible for halting cell growth allowed several kilograms worth of large, slow-growing tumours to invade his tiny body, crushing his lungs, abdomen and effectively dislocating his hip."He was on pain management four times a day," Mrs Southall said."The pain was unbearable and at that stage he couldn't crawl and the tumours were growing. It was pretty doom and gloom and not knowing what the future held was pretty devastating." Before Noah turned two, doctors told the Southalls to take him home and make him comfortable. He wasn't expected to live another year. But at the same...
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