'It was just me and Bobby': Mum's heartbreak as baby's sore leg became fatal
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe moment Georgia Barber heard the word ‘tumour’ leave the doctor’s mouth, the entire hospital room started spinning. She had only taken her son Bobby in for a sore leg.
The single mum noticed the 15-month-old had a limp and was dragging himself across the floor. Medics initially thought Bobby had a fracture and sent him home in a cast.
But when the pain continued, Georgia knew it was something sinister – refusing to leave A&E until tests were carried out. READ MORE: 'I took my wife's name after we got married - it doesn't make me feel any less of a man' Her worst fears were realised after the pair were sent to Manchester Children’s Hospital.
There, doctors found a tumour in Bobby's pelvis. It had grown through his spinal cord and caused nerve damage to his right leg.
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