After having an MRI scan for a suspected ear infection, Rosie Kavanagh, 29, was stunned to be told she had a brain tumour, The Sun reported.

Rosie has confounded the medics after five rounds of brain surgery.

In March of this year, her 30-year-old boyfriend Justin, whom she had met for only 6 months before the diagnosis, asked Rosie to marry him. Now the couple is waiting for the birth of the first child.

“Life really is full of surprises. I would never have thought, when I got that diagnosis, that I’d be engaged. I’m just thankful I’m here to tell the story,” she said.