Boy, six, diagnosed with brain tumour after mum noticed he was blinking too much

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A boy was diagnosed with a brain tumour after his mum noticed he was blinking too much. Varden Callaghan, now six, had been blinking excessively, rubbing his eyes and getting irritable since he was eight months old.

But medics consistently misdiagnosed his symptoms as sinus problems. He became more unsteady on his feet - especially when he blinked - and started wetting the bed, so his worried mum, Lisa, 38, took him back to the hospital.

The brave youngster is now being monitored with regular scans and has begun a phased return to school. Lisa, from Bromley, London, said: "We went on holiday to Ireland around Easter 2022 and realised Varden was starting to lose his balance when he blinked. READ MORE: As A-listers descend on Manchester for Chanel's show, a very different fashion collection will be unveiled five minutes away READ MORE: Car park ‘takeovers’, blacked out limos and rows over public pavements: Northern Quarter fills up with crowds as Chanel show comes to town "He’d be doing something and stop still as if trying to steady himself.

He also started wetting the bed again, despite being fully potty-trained since the age of two. "The regression was so severe there were periods he’d wet the bed every single night.