{"id":83214,"date":"2023-09-25T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=83214"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:40:01","slug":"we-thought-our-healthy-little-boy-had-eaten-something-dodgy-at-school-now-he-may-never-walk-or-talk-again-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/we-thought-our-healthy-little-boy-had-eaten-something-dodgy-at-school-now-he-may-never-walk-or-talk-again-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"We thought our \u2018healthy\u2019 little boy had eaten something dodgy at school – now he may never walk or talk again | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARENTS thought their happy, healthy little boy had got food poisoning at school when he started vomiting in summer 2022. <\/p>\n

Filip Kopecki, now six, first started complaining of headaches a month earlier. <\/p>\n


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His mum Oliwia Kopecka and dad Maciek at first thought their little boy – who thrived at school and loved running around with his friends – had eaten something dodgy at the cafeteria. <\/p>\n

But Filip's vomiting started up again in June, so they decided to take him to a doctor. <\/p>\n

While they waited for blood test results, the little boy's condition worsened, prompting his concerned parents to rush him to A&E. <\/p>\n

Medics initially thought Filip, from Preston, was suffering from migraines – very bad headaches causing throbbing pain on one side – they did some scans, just to be sure. <\/p>\n

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The family's worst fears came into being when Oliwia was told the next day that there was a mass in her son's brain. <\/p>\n

To their horror, little Filip was suffering from medulloblastoma, the most common type of cancerous brain tumour in children.<\/p>\n

Around 52 children are diagnosed with it each year in the UK.<\/p>\n

The cancer tends to grow quickly, often spreading to other areas of the brain. <\/p>\n

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Signs of medolloblastoma can include headaches and feeling or being sick, like Filip experienced, but they tend to be subtle and similar to those caused by other childhood illnesses, according to Cancer Research UK. <\/p>\n

Oliwia remembered thinking about Filip's little sister Victoria when she first got the news. <\/p>\n

"They won\u2019t be able to play together," she thought. "She\u2019s going to grow up without her big brother." <\/p>\n

Filip underwent surgery to remove his brain tumour on June 10, just days after he was seen by a GP for the first time. <\/p>\n

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Medulloblastoma is the second most common brain tumour in children, according to Cancer Research UK, with 52 children diagnosed in the UK yearly.<\/p>\n

It's\u00a0most commonly diagnosed in children between the ages of three and eight, and likely to grow quickly and can spread to other areas of the brain and spinal cord.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of the cancer can be similar to other non-serious childhood illnesses and include:<\/p>\n