A British mom has spoken of the heartbreak of discovering that her two-year-old son has developed an extremely uncommon and aggressive mind tumor.
Karen Keefe, 35, who lives in Spain together with her husband Jorge and kids Leo and Sofia, has spent the final two years battling for her son.
When Leo was two, his fearful mother and father although he had a virus and introduced him to the physician after he was vomiting repeatedly and appeared very clumsy.
Karen Keefe, pictured together with her son Leo, proper, and daughter Sofia, left, has launched an enchantment to boost cash for life-saving therapy for the teen who has an aggressive mind tumour
Leo, pictured, has undergone a number of operations to take away the aggressive mind tumours
Nonetheless, after a raft of exams, and the opinion of a number of medical doctors, it was found that the teen had a 9.5cm mind tumour.
Some mates even instructed to the household that they need to 'let him go' and permit him to die after additional tumors had been found.
Ms Keefe instructed the Mirror: 'Final yr a detailed household buddy made feedback to my mom about letting Leo go, as he was an actual typical boy and it wasn't honest on him to place him by way of all this ache when he may by no means be the boy he's speculated to be.
'This similar individual additionally commented to my husband a month in the past that: "You recognize he won't ever be a well-known footballer and he won't ever reside a standard life."'
Ms Keefe stated her son can perceive something that's stated in English and in Spanish however is unable to speak himself.
The household have determined to ship Leo to Pamplona for an experimental immunotherapy trial
Karen and Jorge at the moment are going through the agonising resolution of how one can deal with their boy's mind tumour.
Alder Hey youngsters's hospital in Liverpool supplied radiotherapy, however warned that the teen wouldn't have a life afterwards.
She stated: 'So we've got determined to go for this immunotherapy trial in Pamplona, which is a well-known personal hospital in Spain. There could possibly be different prices we must pay if Leo has any problems - that's why we have to preserve the fund elevating going. We simply really feel like we've got been let down right here. No mum or dad must be left to make these choices.'
The household have launched a GoFundMe web page to boost funds to pay for Leo's therapy.
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