A FOOTBALL-mad dad passed away just months after the birth of his first daughter, with doctors dismissing him as "sleep deprived parent with a newborn".His symptoms became particularly pronounced in the weeks after his wife Mauricee gave birth to their third child, Alejandria.Given just weeks to live, Sam underwent surgery and radiotherapy to shrink the tumour, but his cancer proved particularly aggressive.
"He even joked about joked about changes in his accent and laughter which, in hindsight, were all symptoms of the tumour silently growing in his head.More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives. They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision.Sam and Mauricee were able to salvage their marriage and he focused on supporting and caring for his wife and newborn daughter."At first he got headaches lasting just a few minutes, but then these were accompanied by a metallic taste, which we now know to be seizures," Mauricee wrote.
She recalled: “A few minutes later we were asked to move into a private room where the first line out of the doctor’s mouth was ‘I’m sorry I didn’t believe you at first but we listened to you and we sent him for a scan'."Sadly, the truth was much worse than I’d ever expected. We were eventually told that Sam had a very large brain tumour."
But his biopsy showed he had glioblastoma multiforme, "the deadliest type of brain tumour with the worst prognosis", Mauricee said.
Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: i newspaper - 🏆 8. / 89 Read more »
Source: i newspaper - 🏆 8. / 89 Read more »