A little girl named Olivia Szabo se received a devastating diagnosis after doctors had long dismissed serious symptoms. The disease caused that she walked like a drunk and often fell. , it turned out she had a large brain tumor on the back of her head that, if left untreated, could have killed her.
35-year-old Marietta Kulcsar she stated that she detected her daughter’s symptoms through maternal intuition. She noted that five-year-old Olivia suddenly started walking like a drunk. This condition eventually caused that last September she fell on the playground and hit her head.
Travel she noted that her daughter had been having balance problems for some time. But when she saw that walking around the house she needs to hold on to the walls to keep from falling, she finds out something is wrong with Olivia. “I noticed a lot of changes. When she woke up at night, she had to hold on to everything to get to me. Even though I know she was only four years old, it wasn’t normal,” said Marietta.
Fall on the playground he finally got Marietta from Manchester, England to seek help. However, she did not receive the understanding she expected from the doctors. “They thought it was a urinary tract infection or a stomach problem because she started throwing up a lot. Many times she they sent me home with just antibiotics and mostly told me not to worry,” added the mother, saying that she asked the doctors for a CT scan, which was refused due to her daughter’s young age.
She had a huge tumor in her head
In a few months, Marietta noticed something much more ominous. She saw that Olivia’s face began to droop on one side. However, the changes were slight and no one except the mother noticed them. “It was very difficult because I didn’t expect anything like this. I said to her father, ‘Do you see that one side of her face is drooping?’ No one noticed, but I did intuition because I am always with it. Therefore I know when something is wrong” explained the mother.
Marietta preto she took Olivia to the emergency department of the hospital, where the doctors finally did a CT scan and the next day she also underwent a magnetic resonance. Then it was confirmed that The 5-year-old girl actually had a large tumor in the back of her brain.
29. decembra Olivia she underwent a seven-hour procedure during which the doctors managed to remove part of the tumor. But Mariette was later told that her daughter would need another 18 months of chemotherapy, scheduled to end in August 2025. The good news is that since then, her tumor has shrunk, which will likely extend her life significantly.
Despite intensive treatment, Olivia will receive chemotherapy every six months until age nine, as well as yearly MRIs until age 16. “One day he will be able to live a normal life. But we are careful, if the tumor starts to grow again, we’ll have to start over,” clarified Marietta.
