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Tija Gordon was admitted to the hospital as an emergency, although she had previously seen her family doctors.
Her mother Imogen Darby, a pharmacist, said Tija changed her glasses prescription four times before the tumor was discovered.
For a long time, the girl suffered from two main symptoms – headaches and vomiting. Her mother spent three years at doctors’ offices until she was finally told that she would have to wait at least eight months for an MRI.
Seizures became more and more frequent
It was only when Tia’s condition began to interfere with her balance and ability to walk that an urgent examination was carried out. It showed a brain tumor 3.5 cm in diameter.
“I was told that Tija had stomach problems and migraines. Since it was summer, they first advised her that she just needed to drink more water,” said the girl’s mother.
A year later, her daughter was diagnosed with migraines, and doctors prescribed paracetamol and other drugs.
“I took Tia to doctors for more than three years, but they refused to do an MRI, no one wanted to see her in the pediatric emergency department, I went to the emergency room, they changed her glasses four times, prescribed medication and a consultant, but it was necessary that she could not walk until he finally got the care he needed.
The woman noticed her daughter’s ailments for the first time in 2020. in March.
She was sick every few months, then every month, the attacks became more and more frequent.
A few months before the diagnosis, I. Darby said that she took Tija to the family doctor about 10 times and called the emergency number about three times.
“They told me she had a stomach bug and told me to just leave her alone,” she said.
A call from school
Tia later developed new symptoms, including a stiff neck that doctors said was caused by her sleeping position, and referred the girl to a physical therapist.
But deep in her heart Darby felt that something was wrong with the way Tija was holding her neck. Other family members also noticed this.
“The consultant said that for peace of mind she could do an MRI, but she would have to wait in line for 8 months,” the woman said.
Since then, Tija had nausea mostly in the mornings and since 2023. November to 2024 In January, she vomited every day.
A few days before Tia was admitted to the hospital, she also seemed lethargic.
The next day, the school called because the teachers noticed that the girl was holding her hand to her neck strangely and was not keeping her balance.
She called the pediatric consultant, who told her to take Tia to Northampton Hospital that evening.
A simple experiment was conducted there and it turned out that the girl cannot walk in a straight line.
“Astronaut’s Tumor”
An emergency CT scan revealed that Tija’s tumor is pilocystic astrocytoma, the most common brain tumor in children.
An ambulance was called and Tia was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham.
Tija was operated on for 10 hours and the benign tumor was removed.
“It was a terrible day,” Darby said. – During the operation, it was possible to remove 96 percent. tumor”.
Tija calls the tumor “astronaut’s tumor” because it makes the girl very tired and even after the operation she can sometimes lose her balance.
Over the next five years, she will undergo three-monthly MRI scans, physiotherapy and regular visits to neurologists.
Meanwhile, Tija wants to return to her usual hobbies.
“We all call her Dr. Doolittle and she loves all things animal,” Darby said, adding that the girl loves to read.
In many patients with brain tumors, the diagnosis is delayed. This is one of the reasons why non-governmental organizations in the UK are calling for a national brain tumor diagnosis strategy.
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