By Emma Dunn

A little girl's headaches turned out to be a rare, inoperable brain tumor .

Rosie Hassall, five, started complaining of a pain in her forehead in November 2024.

Initially her parents - Charlotte, 36, and Stefan, 37, thought it was just a headache and gave her Calpol.

They noticed her left eye appeared delayed and booked an optician appointment - which found nothing wrong - and a doctors appointment.

Doctors didn't know what was wrong before an MRI revealed a tumor in her brain .

A biopsy in January 2025 confirmed Rosie had pediatric bithalamic glioma containing a rare genetic abnormality – an aggressive and inoperable tumor due to its location, with a prognosis of nine to twelve months.

But after five rounds of chemotherapy Rosie has returned to school.

Mom Charlot

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