Luca recovers after catching his mum's cold sore virus in the womb - a rare condition for babies.
A baby who contracted his mother's oral herpes in the womb is thought to be the youngest child to receive a corneal transplant at Bristol Eye Hospital.
While HSV-1 is often harmless in adults, it can be life-threatening for babies because their immune systems are not yet fully developed. Earlier this year, on 10 October, Luca became the youngest patient to have a cornea transplant at the Bristol Eye Hospital.around 6.9 cases of neo-natal HSV "But he is the happiest boy. He'll have an operation and be laughing straight away like nothing seems to phase him."
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