Robbie Frew needed emergency brain surgery and months of treatment after doctors discovered he was in fact suffering from a serious brain tumour which left him needing to learn to walk snd eat againBoy, 5, ends up in coma after apparent sickness bug turns out to be brain tumourA five-year-old boy ended up in a coma after contracting what at first appeared to be an overnight sickness bug. Robbie Frew needed emergency brain surgery and months of treatment after doctors discovered he was in fact suffering from a serious brain tumour. "We thought he had maybe just had a sickness bug the night before at the dinner table. "He had a stiff neck and stiffness in his legs too, we just knew there was something wrong so we phoned an ambulance and he went in for emergency brain surgery that afternoon. "It was horrific, we didn't know what was happening or why he needed brain surgery.

Source: Daily Mirror August 17, 2021 14:30 UTC