A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital after kicking the head during a rugby race-for doctors to discover the secret brain tumor.
What initially fear that a simple brain impact becomes the worst nightmare of all parents, because scans show that this boy has lived unconsciously with a potentially deadly situation.
Roman King and his mother Charlotte are now faced with an annoying expectation to find out if the tumor is a cancer.
Roman, who plays for the Wallsend RFC Under2S Rugby team in Newcastle, was injured during the game against Donkaster Nitz in February.
His mother remembered that when the coach tried to pick him from the ground, he was shouting.
The 42 -year -old said when the first AIDS asked his son, he replied “Roman”, but when he was asked where he was, Roman responded again. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors confirmed that he was raped and kept him as caution for seven hours.
He was sent home for recovery, but five days later he became ill and in the following days his mother realized that he was trying to speak.
“I couldn’t get a sentence from him,” he said. IndependentHuman
“It was difficult to kill what was wrong, but I knew it was something, and it was like a dark cloud on me,” he added.
The single mother said: “Roman even began to forget what she had ate that day.”
Ms. King called the doctors to insist that her son had more tests. In March, Roman followed a CT scan, showing that he had a 1.2 cm lesion on the right of his brain in the cerebellum – part of the brain responsible for attention and tongue.
After scanning, Roman returned to school, but a few minutes after Ms. King returned, a doctor called and asked to return to the hospital to scan MRI, which confirmed that it had a brain tumor.
Brain tumors are the largest killer of children and adults under 40 years of age, according to the Charity Tumor Charity.
More than 12,500 people are diagnosed each year with primary brain tumors – including 500 children and adolescents.
There is some cross between symptoms of brain impact and brain tumor.
Common symptoms of brain tumors include headaches, feelings or sickness and seizures, while brain trauma can also cause headaches, dizziness and nausea. However, anyone who is affected by these symptoms should see a doctor.
Roman performed a four -hour operation to eliminate the tumor in early April and the biopsy was sent for the test.
However, Ms. King explained that surgeons were unable to remove the entire tumor because of its location.
“When he woke up to surgery, he was just hungry, he wanted to clean and go home,” he said.
Diagnosis of brain tumor was a great shock for both Roman and her family, and although they still do not know what the full diagnosis is, Ms. King feels happiness that was harvested.
“The tumor was not about the brain because it had been there for a while, but if he hadn’t cut his head, doctors may not have taken it seriously,” he said.
As a single mother, Ms. King – who has recently started a new job as a support worker – endures both emotional and financial pressure. A Gofundme page is set by the Rugby Club to help support family so that they can focus only on Roman treatment and improvement.
