A schoolboy born with three kidneys only discovered his unusual condition after complaining of tummy ache.
Alfie Hooton, nine, started feeling unwell in early December 2022, and was diagnosed with a water infection. But the cause of this infection was stranger than his parents, Michelle and Mike, could ever have believed.
Mike, 46, said: "The GP listened to our description of Alfie's pain and straight away he knew what might be going on. Within 10 days we were in Alder Hey having further tests, blood tests and ultrasound scans, and it was the week before Christmas that we had our first knowledge that something was wrong."
