Schoolgirl, 7, given weeks to live after sore throat turns out to be brain tumour

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the Liverpool Echo reports.She was her "usual bubbly self" until she lost her balance while at school later that day and was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital where doctors found fluid on her brain and an operation the next day revealed she had a tumour.Due to the position of the tumour on the brain Alison was told it was inoperable and they would have to await the results of a biopsy.This was the first time Claudia had spent any time away from her twin brother Robin, who the family said is her "soul mate."On February 16, Alison and her mum Olwyn, were told the devastating news that the tumour – called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) – was incurable.Without treatment, Alison was told Claudia could have a month left to live or.