PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe 12-year-old has no ear canal in his left ear and has had to wear hearing aids all of his life.But after years of waiting, Ethan is over the moon to finally have undergone the revolutionary plastic surgery to build him a new ear using cartilage from his rib cage.
The schoolboy has travelled to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with his family and was set to have his long-awaited operation yesterday.His delighted dad Kevin, 33, and step-mum Kelly, 30, said it was a big moment for Ethan ahead of starting secondary school at Trinity High later this year.They have told how the football daft youngster has never let his condition and hearing impairments hold him back.Before Ethan went into surgery, Kelly.
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