JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — A Jeffersonville family is recovering after a harrowing summer that began with what looked like a stomach bug and ended with a 10-hour brain surgery for their 6-year-old son.

Ronomy Luney’s parents, January and Rob, said they spent three weeks chasing gastrointestinal explanations as their child grew weaker, until a second opinion led to a scan that revealed a dangerous tumor pressing on his brain stem.

“By Saturday, he was unrecognizable,” his mother recalled of the days leading up to his hospitalization. “Screaming, crying—his head hurting, his stomach hurting. At first, we went along with [the diagnoses}, because they’re doctors. What other choice did I have?”

What the family says happened

Early July: Ronomy became ill at daycare and started vomiting.

First

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