A baby was diagnosed with a brain tumour after he struggled to sit up and use his left hand - symptoms initially put it down to developmental delays.

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

Teresa, a senior practitioner in a nursery, from Brechin, Angus, Scotland, said: "At first we were told it mi

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