LITTLE Callum Barrett, the toddler who is allergic to life, is doing well after having three major operations.

Callum, who suffers from a rare immune disorder, had a bowel biopsy and a gastrotomy - a procedure used to insert a feeding tube through the skin into the stomach.

On the same day doctors at Bristol Children's Hospital cut open his stomach in an attempt to shrink his oesophagus to combat his excessive vomiting.

Callum, who will be two next month, suffers from hypogammaglobulinemia, a disorder that renders his immune system useless in the face of everyday life.

His grandmother, Jill, said the toddler from Moredon was in the operating theatre for about four and a half hours.

"He has got a big cut all down his tummy and is nil by mouth for two days so he can't have his bottle which is upsetting him."

His mum Michelle, 23, has been keeping a constant vigil at his bedside since Tuesday's operations along with her partner Darren May, 27.

Jill said: "I will be going to see him every day until he comes out. Doctors think he will need between seven and ten days in hospital."

Callum's family fear that he will need blood transfusions every few weeks for the rest of his life to top up his immune system with white blood cells that fight infection.