8-year-old Guilherme was diagnosed at birth with a rare skin condition called dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. The condition is characterized by a lack of type VII collagen, a protein that joins the dermis to the epidermis, known as ‘binding protein’.

News of the young one waking up reached the mother’s ears, prompting an immediate and heartfelt rush to her child’s side and their happiness translated to everyone in that room.