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Zachariah Followes has already beaten the odds to reach the age of 11. He was not expected to survive birth.

But on December 20th he will be at the Etihad when his beloved Blues play West Ham United. His parents Rochelle and Tim from Radcliffe know however that every day they have with him is precious.

Zachariah has a gene mutation which affects less than one in a million people. It has left him with multiple medical conditions. But a treatment which is not currently funded by the NHS could, his family say, extend his life by years.

Rochelle said: "He was not only born with the most beautiful eyes and awesome head of hair, but also an extremely rare genetic mutation, 'Change in the TUBB2B Gene'. In addition to this, when I was still pregnant, he was diagnosed with Lisse

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