parents. He suffered headaches and sickness after the trampolining accident as a two-year-old - which led to doctors finding a tumour the size of a tennis ball in his brain. "It was a saving grace.
If he hadn't hit his head, it could have been a long time before the tumour was spotted, which could have made everything much more difficult,” said mum Kirstie, from Fountainhall, in the Borders."Brodie had no symptoms of a tumour at all, so we think the bump on the head may have dislodged something or put pressure on the tumour, as that's when he started to feel unwell."The risk to his speech, mobility - and his life - would have been heightened the longer the tumour went unnoticed."Experts said the tumour had probably been growing for a few.
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