A BABY is taking a major step across the Pond to learn how to take little steps which will change his life.

David Grocott and his wife, Jessica, set up Team Angus after their son suffered oxygen starvation, when he was born in May last year.

The couple, who live near Colchester, knew he would face a lifetime of complications and challenges, and started fundraising for treatment months after his birth.

Angus has brain damage.He does not appear to have a learning difficulty but his body’s co-ordination is severely affected.

His condition is also known as quadriplegic cerebral palsy.

The family needed £10,000 to pay for a trip to take him for transformative treatment in America and thanks to the efforts of Team Angus taking part in the Colchester Half Marathon, an astonishing £18,000 was raised

Angus will leave for Boston Massachusetts tomorrow for two rounds of three-week-long intensive therapy at the world-renowned Napa centre.

David said: “He will be there until September 9. We will be holding more fundraisers when we get back as we need to take him to America twice a year.

“We have already booked to go back at Easter, and I’ll be doing the Ipswich Half Marathon in September to raise money.”

Angus, who is now 16 months old, is already having some success with weekly physio but there is a long way to go.

David added: “We are very pleased with his progress, we just have to manage our expectations.

“We shouldn’t expect something to just flick and it will all be better, but little pieces of progress all build up.

“He’s doing incredibly well and it’s a long road, it’s nice to see the hard work from professionals having some impact.”

Angus is now under the care of three different hospitals and four physio teams.

There have been some bumps in the road, including when he contracted pneumonia in July following a gastrostomy operation in June.

As Angus has a weak swallow reflux, his vomit can end up in his lungs, which can cause pneumonia. He now has to be fed through a tube into his stomach.

David added: “Pneumonia was the thing we were most scared about, he has been on antibiotics for about a month.

“He’s susceptible to that and it can escalate quickly.”

During his time in America, Angus will undergo CME therapy - a physical therapy for infants suffering abnormal developmental motor evolution.

David said: “Angus is unable to sit up by himself, while most children his age are starting to walk. Getting him to sit up for 10 seconds on his own will be the target.”

To support Angus visit gofundme.com/team-angus.