A four-year-old boy who has been kept in a sterile 'bubble”' is going to spend Christmas day with the family he hasn’t seen for four months. Samuel Freeman has a rare condition which means he has no immunity to any germs. He has spent the past few months with his mother Sadie as doctors at the Great North Children’s Hospital, in Newcastle, prepared him for a bone marrow transplant. Samuel, from Long Clawson, Leicestershire, has not been able to see his father, Adrian, or older brother, Benjamin, six. Battle: Samuel Freeman (with his mother Sadie) has a rare condition which means he has no immunity to any germs. He has spent the last four months in a sterile 'bubble' while doctors prepare his body for a bone marrow transplant to give him a new, healthy immune system
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Samuel Freeman has no immunity to any germs due to rare condition
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Has spent the last four months in a sterile 'bubble' while doctors prepare his body for a bone marrow transplant to give him a new immune system
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Not been able to see his father or brother for 4 months due to infection risk
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But if they can stay 'germ free' they can all spend Christmas together
She and @placeholder were allowed home to Leicestershire on December 6, but are living next door to the family home to make sure that her husband or other son have not picked up any germs before they have Christmas together.