It has been a bit of a struggle; Isaac is delayed compared to other children – Isaac’s mum, Melissa says.
For Isaac’s mum, it’s also been heartwarming how the videos have increased awareness about Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Isaac is raising hope for other supporters with disabilities, most especially those with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. According to a recent stat, there is a five-year high in Google searches that have to do with the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. The condition is rare, but with Isaac’s story, people are getting to understand it better.
During an interview session with Liverpool Echo, Melissa, the mother of the young Liverpool supporter who is currently winning many hearts for his special skills in singing, playing, and resonating all that concerns Liverpool, revealed Isaac’s story and how he is struggling.
“Despite his newfound fame, Isaac has hilariously maintained his laid-back, carefree attitude. He went back to school, and everyone was going, Wow, did the players come to school to see you? What was it like? “
In Melissa’s words, Isaac’s reaction when his mates asked him about his experience with Liverpool players coming to see him:
“He’s just so oblivious to it all. You don’t get anything from him. He just shrugged his shoulders and was like, Yeah, it was all right. He’s living his best life.
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When Echo correspondent asked about how Isaac’s condition affects him, Melissa added,
“From a young age, Isaac was having daily physio sessions because he couldn’t even lift his own head.
Isaac has low muscle tone, so even to this day, he struggles to walk upstairs, and he can’t walk very far.
Most times, he relies on his mom (Melissa) and his dad (Alan) for most things. Melissa says she knows people don’t really see that side of Isaac, because he’s just so positive. Whenever he is at home in need of physical care or anything like that, he always relies on his parents for them.
Isaac finds it hard to pull his own socks off from his feet because he’s just that weak. He is struggling, and he will win one day.
Melissa revealed to Echo that her son has delayed growth when compared to other children of his age, in her words
“It has been a bit of a struggle. He’s deaf in both ears, so he wears hearing aids in both. He is delayed compared to other children, so he’s not really learning much in school.
She said Isaac is way too small for his age; Isaac is 6, he will be turning 7 years old on the 2nd of February.
In Melissa’s words:
“He’s so tiny, and I don’t think people realize that. Even when the people from Liverpool Football Club came out to interviews, they got the shock of their lives when they saw how small he was, because he’s more like a one and a half to a two-year-old rather than a six to seven-year-old.”
Isaac was born with a rare genetic condition from childhood. Before Isaac was born, during the antenatal stage of Melissa’s pregnancy. It was discovered by the doctors that Isaac had a medical syndrome known as Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Typically, people with this health disorder have difficulty in seeing; most of them cannot hear or talk, not to mention walking in the future after birth.
The little lad has undergone a series of operations to get better; he has had open-heart surgery. And in all of this, Isaac, the Liverpool fan, doesn’t let it get him down; he is good at bouncing back and playing what he loves best.
After a series of video clips of Isaac’s joy whenever he is singing football songs and watching football, especially as it matters to Liverpool FC. LFC players had to reach out to his family to arrange a surprise meeting for the lad.
Before the visit, Isaac had been making use of plush toys of Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk in school and everywhere around him. Salah and Van Dijk were the players who came to pay him a surprise visit at a class.
But in all of these, Isaac is still the happy and positive hero. He is so funny and is full of life. You must have noticed that he is kind of cheeky; that’s not a filter; he’s just the cheekiest little boy you’ll ever meet. Isaac is available on Instagram as Isaac_Kearney
Liverpool FC has once again proved that the club is a family; it is not just a football club
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