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He may be tiny, but the KidzWish Child Ambassador Leo Lagana has a huge heart.
Leo has an extremely rare condition called Primordial Dwarfism. Unlike more common forms of dwarfism, his body is in perfect proportion - it's just that it's so very small.
Most kids like him are lucky to survive into their teens and very few live past 30.
But Leo's not sitting around feeling sorry for himself. Instead, he's off on a grand adventure with his family thanks to KidzWish.
Leo's mother Paulina Lagana said he looks like a toddler. Up until about last year, he looked like a newborn. I used to take him out shopping and I remember one lady stopped me once and said, 'Oh, a new baby,' and Leo smiled and all the perfect little teeth were there and she said, 'Oh! Not so new.'
Mrs Lagana said the odds of two people conceiving a child like this is 1 in 130 million, so it is very, very rare.
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Information and transcript courtesy of 60 Minutes. |
