'I'm terrified my baby will have his leg amputated... I cry all the time'

A devastated mother fears her baby could have his leg amputated without urgent private treatment.

Albie Shenton has club foot, a condition where a baby is born with feet that turn in and under. The defect affects one in every 1,000 babies and is more common in boys.

His mum Naomi was told about the condition at her 20-week scan – a discovery that left the her “absolutely mortified”.

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Albie was just two-months-old when he was taken to Manchester Children’s Hospital in an attempt to have his foot bent back. These painful appointments endured for months before the tot was eventually placed in a boots and bar brace.

The boots and bar hold the feet in in a corrected position to prevent the muscles and ligaments from becoming tight again. But Naomi, 28, says the brace was causing problems on Albie’s unaffected right foot.

“They try telling you it’s not painful, but he was screaming; I cried,” Naomi, from Oldham , told the Manchester Evening News. “His unaffected foot was bleeding and had blisters.

“He has to wear it 23 hours a day and is meant to have it until he’s five-years-old. It’s been absolutely horrible. I cry all the time.”

Mum-of-two Naomi says that due to his age, six-month-old Albie struggles to wear the brace and can’t sleep with it on. She is now seeking alternative options to allow him to move like a normal baby – but other braces aren’t available on the NHS.

She continued: “If I can’t sort it, he will relapse. He’s only six-months-old and they want to roll over.

“We have to keep persisting and keep trying but his sandals are strapped onto the bar at night so he doesn’t