A mother has described how her daughter underwent more than 30 evaluations and incorrect diagnoses before a brain tumor was discovered to be the cause of her illness.
Tia Gordon, an 11-year-old from Northampton, was initially unwell in March 2020, but instead of receiving prescriptions for spectacles, she was given medicines for migraines and stomach ailments.
It wasn’t until Tia started having trouble walking, according to her mother, Imogen Darby, that an emergency CT scan showed a 3.5cm (1.4in) tumor.
Tia is now undergoing physiotherapy and is keen to get back to a normal life, Ms Darby said, after surgery earlier this year saw 96% of the benign tumour removed.
Tia had became ill during the initial lockdown due to the coronavirus, according to Ms. Darby, a pharmacy dispenser.
