Mum sets up fundraising page after her son is diagnosed with Prune Belly Syndrome

Irina Cretu gave birth to her first child back in August of 2016 in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. 

When Albert arrived into the world, the skin around his stomach area was very wrinkly.

He was rushed into the NICU where he was diagnosed with Prune Belly Syndrome, a rare condition which means he has no abdominal muscles.

The young boy suffers from severe recurrent UTIs and only has only one kidney with less than a 70% function. 

At the moment, Albert's only chance of living a normal life is to have surgery to transplant muscle from his leg into his stomach. 

"The operation is called a dynamic abdominoplasty with a muscle transposition and is only performed at this stage in USA."

This option is only available in America and has only been performed on 10 patients so far. 

However, there is a cost involved in the surgery, and Irina needs to raise £55,000 in order to pay for it. 

The mum set up a GoFundMe page in order to raise the funds, and so far people have donated just under £20,000. 

"Albert is a very happy child, less happy when he falls ill, which happens very often, and brings joy, laughter to everyone who knows him," she wrote on the fundraising page. 

"Please help us to make our dream come true for Albert, so that he will always smile, so that he will always inspire joy to people and not pity and never feel out of sorts because of his appearance. His kidney disease is enough sufferance."

If you are in a position to help, you can donate here.