Baby diagnosed with brain tumour after struggle to sit up and use left hand

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A baby was diagnosed with a brain tumour after his struggle to sit up and use his left hand was initially put down to developmental delays. ‌

Jordy Arthur was 10 months old when mum Teresa Craigie, 40, from Brechin, Angus, noticed he wasn't using his left hand, but Teresa says doctors "did not consider it serious at that stage". ‌

She insisted on tests which eventually revealed a plum-sized low-grade glioma on Jordy's brain. He underwent major surgery four days later to remove 90 per cent of the tumour, before chemotherapy to reduce the rest. ‌

Tests earlier this month confirmed the chemotherapy has been effective and Jordy's tumour is stable - meaning he will not need any further treatment as of now.

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