A baby three months with a brain tumor undiagnosed was left “hours from death” after doctors dismissed his swollen head as “normal things that happen to a baby”.
Molly Mai Wardle-Hampton is now undergoing chemotherapy for a rare form of cancer.
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STORY: MEDICAL CASE
Molly Mai Wardle-Hampton started experiencing seizures weeks after he was born and his mother, 37-year-old nurse Corrine. He took her to GPwho dismissed their concerns multiple times.
Corrine, who lives in North Wales with her partner, Paul, said in other circumstances. His daughter “She would have ended up with severe brain damage or probably killed.”
Molly’s head dipped and he struggled to move his eyes freely after your visit to the GP. But when the mother of three went again, she was told there was nothing to worry about her and sent home.
In February, Molly’s health deterioratedso Corrine rushed her to the emergency department of the Countess of Chester Hospital, where he works.
After being immediately taken by ambulance to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. A scan revealed that the baby had a large brain tumor.
It was revealed that there was fluid putting pressure on his brain and her eyes, and if they didn’t operate right away, Molly would have died within 24 hours.
“I think at that point I went numb,” Corrine said. “I don’t think I’ve processed it properly yet. I’m still in shock. You just never expect it to happen to you.”
The baby underwent a three-hour operation
molly later underwent a three-hour operation to remove the tumor that had spread to three quarters of his brain.
Since then, an ependymoma has developed. A rare cancer that affects the brain and spine.
His mother said that noticed potential health problems of their daughters very early.
“We noticed his head was quite large, we had noticed at his six-week appointment with the GP,” he said. “She always looked to the right, she couldn’t look to the left, that was also told to the doctor. Also, she was always throwing up and restless.
“Later, we saw that his head kept growing and his eyes were going in the opposite direction, this was due to intercranial pressure”.
Molly’s mom, Corrine, said she was "in shock" and "he was numb" upon learning of her daughter’s tumor.
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After her daughter was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital, things progressed rapidly.
The baby had this great head mass and the rest was covered with liquid; that was what was pressing on the nerves in his eye.
“The diagnosis of the mass was discovered on February 1 and we were in surgery the next day. Six days later we were told that he had ependymoma cancer.”
Corrine said that things could have been much worse.
She said: “My partner keeps telling me now, ‘If you hadn’t kept pushing, I’d be dead by now,’ which is very scary.”
“It was very frustrating because I knew something wasn’t right. But the doctors told me that these were normal things for a baby.
Molly has since returned home and is undergoing chemotherapy twice a week to treat the remaining tumor.
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