He became irritable and would cry non-stop. “Sadly, things changed very quickly when he was about seven months old. She said: “Oscar had a dramatic start to life, being born six weeks early by caesarean section, but he was generally a happy baby. Tessa, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, is working with the charity Brain Tumour Research to share her story. He also suffers autism, global developmental delay and decreased muscle tone known as hypotonia. Now five, Oscar has undergone 11 brain surgeries but he has been left with permanent brain damage. Doctors diagnosed him as having a grade 2 choroid plexus papilloma and a build-up of excess brain fluid, known as hydrocephalus at just eight months old. Within 30 minutes Oscar was blue-lighted to hospital after being diagnosed with a low-grade but potentially life-threatening brain tumour in April, 2018. Finally, after being turned away another time, desperate single mum Tessa took Oscar to her local A&E department. However, her concerns were dismissed as being those of a first-time mum and she was even prescribed anti-anxiety medication. Tessa Crane, 29, had serious concerns about son Oscar's health when he was about seven months old and took him to doctors 18 times in a single month.

A worried mum repeatedly dismissed as a “nervous first-time' parent when she took her sick infant son to GPs was later told he had a dangerous brain tumour.

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