A seven-year-old who has been battling ill health since the day he was born has had his name emblazoned across the front of a lorry after winning a competition.

Fraiser Pearson, from Iwade, near Sittingbourne, spent the first seven months of his life in hospital and has since been receiving treatment and undergoing operations.

He and his twin brother Harley were born nine weeks premature and spent their early days in special care baby units. However, while Harley grew up a healthy little boy, Fraiser continues to battle with his health.

His mum, Abi Hankins, said a few weeks after Fraiser was born he became extremely unwell. He was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis, a condition most common in premature babies where the intestinal tissue becomes damaged and begins to die.

Abi said: "He had emergency surgery where part of his bowel had to be removed and he then needed a stoma. He then contracted staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial infection, and suffered problems with his liver due to the concoction of drugs he was on."

The 25-year-old said: "Unfortunately, at present, he’s not been doing very well.

"He’s going for major surgery at the end of November and has many life-long health complications, but looking at him, you wouldn’t have a clue."

Abi, who also has five-year-old Taite, saw a competition on Facebook for people to have their name on a delivery truck for retailer Nisa and decided to nominate Fraiser.

The Iwade School lollipop lady said: "He’s been through so much, I thought it would put a massive smile on his face should he have been chosen.

"I didn’t expect to hear back as I guessed they'd be inundated with nominations.

"But having the Nisa lorry named after him is my way of saying how proud we are of him."

The Name a Nisa Lorry initiative was launched as part of Nisa Retail's 40th anniversary celebrations and will see 40 lorries named after Nisa customers.

Fraiser's lorry was unveiled at the Nisa store in School Mews, off School Lane, Iwade, on Thursday last week.

Abi said he thought it was "absolutely amazing".

"He couldn’t believe it," she said, adding: "He was very impressed to say the least."