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Tennis-ball-sized malignant tumor grows in 4-year-old UK boy's stomach

August 10, 2024  15:15

A mom in the UK says she is watching her four-year-old son fight for his life after his tummy ache turned out to be a rare kidney disease, reports KentOnline.

Leslie Cooke was diagnosed with Wilms tumor after he woke up to find a tennis-ball-sized lump on his stomach.

His cancer is categorized as Stage 4, the most advanced phase, with the disease spreading to his lungs, liver, main artery, and backbone.

Jessica, the 32-year-old mom from Milton Regis, near Sittingbourne, also has two daughters, Alisha and Josie. She is a full-time carer for Josie, who is blind, autistic and has microcephaly—a condition where the head and brain develop abnormally.

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