A brave four-year-old boy with grapefruit-sized facial growths that are so heavy they affect his balance has finally taken his first steps after undergoing a series of operations to remove them.
Alex Grabowski from Somerset was born with cystic hygromas, which are a collection of fluid-filled cysts, on his face and in his airways.
The condition affected Alex's speech and ability to walk, while he also needed a tracheostomy to help him breathe and a tube for feeding.
Alex Grabowski, four, has taken his first steps following operations to reduce facial cysts the size of a grapefruit which have affected his balance