'I was devastated, I was lost for words' (national news)
A heartbroken mum assumed her daughter had simply eaten too much at a kids' party when she fell sick - only for it be a cancerous brain tumour. Seven-year-old Lexi Bryant began throwing up on the school run after attending a family party, leading her mum Belinda Bryant to believe she had just 'overindulged' or picked up a tummy bug.
Belinda, from Horsham, West Sussex, said: "We went to my niece and nephew's twin birthday party and then a couple of days later she started being sick. I just thought she'd stuffed her face too much at the party because kids tend to indulge at parties. Belinda said: "They came over and gave me the [CT scan] results that Lexi had a brain tumour. I was devastated, I was lost for words. We were both very shaken up by the news because you don't think it's going to happen to your child until it does.
During the procedure, the surgeon also took a biopsy of the tumour for testing but the results unfortunately came back inconclusive. After an MRI scan revealed the second tumour on Lexi's spine, doctors then took a biopsy from there. The mum of two says the 'rollercoaster' ordeal started when she took her daughter to her local GP in early May after she had been sick daily for a week with no signs of improvement. Belinda claims the doctor ran some tests and found that Lexi had a urine infection and so prescribed antibiotics but she continued to vomit frequently and couldn't keep the antibiotics down.
"I asked them to please do a CT scan or MRI to rule out it being something in her head and the doctor said 'there's not enough medical evidence to warrant her having either'. Lexi stopped vomiting for a couple of days but then she started again and it was getting worse and lasting longer - it was eight to nine hours and that was going on for five days straight.
After a biopsy confirmed that Lexi's tumours are cancerous, she began intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Surrey. The treatment will last six weeks, followed by a six-week break before she undergoes further monthly chemo treatments with a two-night hospital stay each time.
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