'My five-year-old son went for routine eye check – what happened next changed his life forever'

During a regular preschool oculus test, Riley Thompson, from Glasgow, was recovered to person a golf-ball sized cancerous tumour pressing against his eye

A five-year-old lad mislaid his eye after a regular trial recovered a "golf shot sized" tumour pressing against his eye

Riley Thompson was diagnosed with an optic nervus glioma aft a regular preschool eye trial revealed a golf-ball sized cancerous tumour. His diagnosis came successful February and was followed by exigency successful May to region the tumour. And owed to the tumour's size and positioning, surgeons were forced to region his eye.

Riley from Renfrewshire successful Scotland is recovering good and is tumour-free. Mum Nicole said: "I noticed a regular squint which led to Riley’s eyes getting checked retired by an optometrist astatine pre-school, past by a bid of doctors astatine the Royal Hospital for Children successful Glasgow.

"Although I’m a nurse, I had nary thought helium was unsighted successful his close eye, fto unsocial that it was owed to thing much dangerous. I spot him each day, truthful I didn’t announcement immoderate existent alteration and helium ne'er said thing oregon complained astir his sight. My bosom stopped erstwhile I saw a golf ball-sized lump conscionable down Riley’s eyeball – instantly I knew it indispensable beryllium a tumour."

Despite experiencing respective complications aft surgery, including a spinal fluid leak from his removed oculus socket, Riley has remained resilient. Riley started superior schoolhouse successful September, and has been enjoying playing Lego, practicing taekwondo, and spending clip with younger sister Isla, 3.

Nicole added: "She’s ever checking connected Riley to marque definite he’s OK. It’s been pugnacious for her to recognize what’s happening, but she’s been truthful thoughtful and caring." Now, determined to rise consciousness astir encephalon tumours, the Thompson household are acceptable to run, walk, rhythm and jog 99 miles passim November to rise wealth for Brain Tumour Research - and they person raised implicit £1,000 truthful far.

Riley could person mislaid overmuch much than an oculus to this tumour similar truthful galore different children have, truthful it’s important we bash our portion to rise funds and consciousness of the unthinkable enactment that Brain Tumour Research does," said Nicole.

"We’re committed to walking the 99 Miles successful November situation arsenic a family—to assistance scope the eventual extremity of uncovering a live-saving cure for each encephalon tumours. Thousands are diagnosed with encephalon tumours each year, and I impulse each parents that if you announcement thing unusual, get your kid checked out. It could prevention their life."

Ashley Williams, Community Development Manager astatine Brain Tumour Research, said: "Riley’s communicative is simply a heartbreaking reminder of the devastating interaction encephalon tumours tin have, not conscionable connected the idiosyncratic but connected their full family. Despite the challenges, Riley’s bravery and his family’s resilience amusement the spot it takes to look this cruel disease. But the information remains, stories similar Riley’s are each excessively common. That’s wherefore we desperately request much concern successful researching encephalon tumours."

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