10-year-old boy has kidney in his thigh
He has hearing in only one ear, suffers severe asthma attacks
(Web Desk) – 10-year old Hamish Robinson is suffering a genetic disorder that no one else in the world has, and it caused one of his kidneys to grow inside his leg, his doctors say.
The boy is believed to be the only person on the planet who is missing a chromosome named 7p22.1. It is a condition that has no name, and so physicians refer to it simply as the "Hamish Syndrome."
The condition resulted in a structural malformation that left a fully functioning kidney at the top of his right thigh.
The condition means he has hearing in only one ear, suffers severe asthma attacks, has spinal problems, learning difficulties and requires a voice computer to speak.
"To have an ectopic kidney (when the organ is not in the right place) is extremely rare and occurs in about one in every 900 people," Dr. Andrew Ordon told, "the chances of a kidney ending up in someone s leg are practically, if not completely, unheard of until now."
He was born nearly six weeks prematurely and weighed just 2 pounds. He was sent home with his single mom after three weeks. She began to notice Hamish wasn t developing at the same rate as other babies.
At 17 months, he wasn t talking. "He was certainly not speaking at all, then one day when he was 17 months old, he said, Momma, and then I waited another six years to hear anything else," Kay said.
Kay, who left his job as lecturer to look after his son, said "He just takes it all in his stride," his mom said. "I don t know how he does it. Being with him has inspired me. He s been the biggest blessing of my life."
