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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie Fowler described the day her daughter's tumour was discovered as her "worst fear coming true". PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August rev *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Scans of Maddie's eyes revealed her optic nerve was clouded. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies pr *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler posing with waxworks of the Spice Girls. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescrip *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler suffered headaches and clouded vision. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescripti *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie and Josh Fowler with their children Keane, 13, Maddie, 9, and Rhys, 16. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant cha *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler with dad Josh. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight prompt
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie and Maddie Fowler. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight prompting
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie Fowler, on her 40th birthday, with, from left, Keane, 13, Maddie, 9, and Rhys, 16. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a sign *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
From left, Josh Fowler, 37, Rhys, 16, Julie Fowler, 40, Maddie, 9, and Keane, 13. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie and Julie returned to the optician's to thank Harjit Bansal who spotted her condition. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie is now recovering at home. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight p
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie was left with a jagged line of staples in her head. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies pres *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler had headaches during lockdown but couldn't get an eyetest. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change i *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie had to undergo a total of 18 hours of surgery. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescript *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler was hospitalised for surgery to remove a brain tumour. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Ma *
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Amy and Craig after she graduated from university (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Craig on their wedding day (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the we
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy's scar (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
Re
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*** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I felt heartbroken - even though, at that po *
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*** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I felt heartbroken - even though, at that po *
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Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
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Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
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Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
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Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
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Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
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SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_024
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_019
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_016
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_006
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_025
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_011
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_023
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_012
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_014
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_004
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_026
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_001
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_005
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
(c) Dukas -
DUK10133430_018
SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
Instead, it was all about my tumour and I fel *
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SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson ( Shelly Fullerton, Magical Moments, South Petherton/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
I *
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SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson ( Shelly Fullerton, Magical Moments, South Petherton/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
I *
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SCHICKSALE - Unheilbarer Hirntumor: Werdende Mutter muss mit der schrecklichen Diagnose fertig werden
Katie Wilkinson ( Shelly Fullerton, Magical Moments, South Petherton/ PA Real Life) *** Mum-to-be plagued by headaches and a strange
metallic smell heartbroken to be diagnosed with an
incurable brain tumour the size of two golf balls
By Laura Withers, PA Real Life
Weeks after accompanying her GP husband on a placement to Italy with their children, a
heavily pregnant mum was told she had a malignant brain tumour "the size of two golf
balls" and that her baby had to be induced "for its own safety."
When stay-at-home mum Katie Galan-Wilkinson, 35, started waking in the night at 32
weeks pregnant with severe headaches and a weird metallic smell in her nostrils, she
thought her symptoms were caused by anxiety, as she was approaching her due date for
baby Mario, now one, and abroad with her young family.
But, at 39 weeks, she suffered a serious seizure in her sleep, prompting her terrified
husband, Daniel, 36, to have her blue-lighted to hospital, where a series of tests revealed
she had stage three anaplastic astrocytoma - a rare and incurable type of brain tumour.
Less than 24 hours later, with the prospect of death looming over her, Katie - also mum to
Sofia, five, and Hugo, three - was told that, for her baby's safety she needed to be
induced, bringing little Mario into the world, weighing 6lbs 2oz on June 5, 2019 - a week
early.
Katie, of Somerset, said: "Within 48 hours I'd gone from believing I was just stressed out
to having a seizure and being told I had a brain tumour the size of two golf balls.
"Then, to be told I had to have my baby there and then was awful. I know it sounds
strong, but I felt violated - like I was being forced to have my baby.
"When Mario arrived, I sobbed with grief and utter devastation, as this beautiful moment
had been stolen by my brain tumour. His birth was overshadowed by my tumour and I felt
overwhelmed with guilt.
"There were no joyous phone calls to friends and family to say my little one had arrived.
I *
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SCHICKSALE - Hirntumor während der Schwangerschaft: Werdende Mutter schrieb Tagebuch in ihren schwersten Stunden
Amy's scar (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
Re
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SCHICKSALE - Hirntumor während der Schwangerschaft: Werdende Mutter schrieb Tagebuch in ihren schwersten Stunden
Amy in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas
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