A devoted Edinburgh mum and dad spent over 800 days in hospital after their son was born with a rare 'one-in-a-million' genetic condition.

Teena Thomas and Sebastian Paul, both 33, found an unlikely home at the critical care unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh when they lived at the Ronald McDonald House charity from June 2, 2023 to August 19, 2025.

Their son Gabriel was born with a extremely rare condition called spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, which caused him to be born with dwarfism and smaller-than-normal lungs, according to Johns Hopkins.

The condition affects around one in every million babies born, according to some research.

Teena told Edinburgh Live: "We went to hospital expecting to take him home. We even came to the hospital with the car seat to take him back

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