#BringTomHome: Family’s fight to bring home ‘the boy in the bubble’

The family of a three-year-old boy who has been battling a rare and deadly disorder for most of his short life is now fighting to bring him home so that they can be reunited for his final days.

Thomas Collins has spent the past 858 days in hospital after being diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).

Since his diagnosis at just 13 months old on August 1, 2018 Tom has been known as the boy in the bubble.

Most infants with SCID are diagnosed within the first year of life and live…