A mum who was told she was “cruel” for having her son after he was born with a rare severe cleft lip says it has never held him back.<br /><br />Zac Coates, now 18, was born with Tessier cleft lip and palate – a condition which is caused by facial tissues not joining up properly during development.<br /><br />It left Zac with severe facial disfigurement on his ride side and he had no eye lid which left him blind in his right eye.<br /><br />Mum, Joanne Lythgoe-Frank, 58, was “shocked” when she first saw her son but raised him to accept his differences.
