{"id":124214,"date":"2022-08-08T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/my-son-was-told-his-headaches-were-long-covid-but-it-was-much-worse-i-knew-it-was-serious\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:31:02","slug":"my-son-was-told-that-his-headaches-were-covid-but-it-was-worse-i-knew-it-was-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/my-son-was-told-that-his-headaches-were-covid-but-it-was-worse-i-knew-it-was-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"My son was told that his headaches were Covid, but it was worse. I knew it was serious."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A TEEN\u2019S headaches were repeatedly misdiagnosed as long Covid before doctors found a brain tumour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kane Allcock was 15, and had been in severe pain. He became dizzy when his migraines got worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After initially being told that his persistent headaches were due to long Covid, Kane Allcock was diagnosed with a brain tumor.<\/span>Credit: MEN Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He was suffering from severe dizziness, anguish, and had to be taken to the hospital.<\/span>Credit: MEN Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mum Nicki stated that she knew something was amiss<\/span>Credit: Cavendish<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was only given painkillers to manage the symptoms, which he got when he contracted the virus. Doctors repeated their belief that he was suffering post-Covid vertigo.<\/p>\n

After a seizure, doctors found the large tumor and sent him for a brain scanner. It was finally removed after seven-and-a half hours of surgery, almost four months after his headaches started.<\/p>\n

Mum Nicki, of Crewe, Cheshire, said: \u00a0\u201cI knew something wasn\u2019t right. Kane was shaking in pain and holding his head. He couldn\u2019t walk properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message I was getting was that he was still just suffering from migraines.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After catching Covid on New Years Eve, Kane, a budding footballer, first experienced headaches. <\/p>\n

When he arrived at the tournament in April, he felt sick and immediately went to bed.<\/p>\n

Following blood tests, they were once again informed that it was just a headache. He was then prescribed codeine.<\/p>\n

Doctors diagnosed Nicki with pressure buildup on his brain. After Nicki lost all patience with them, they discovered a large tumour.<\/p>\n

She had taken him to A&E with husband Steve and decided they would admit him for overnight tests. She also reported to a nurse that she noticed a small dent at the back of her husband’s head.<\/p>\n

The seizure occurred the next day, and he was sent to an MRI scan. The brain tumour was also found.<\/p>\n

Kane was taken to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, where he received life-saving treatment. <\/p>\n

Nicki, a mother-of-two, said that the car ride following her son was the best. “longest 50 minutes of our lives”. <\/p>\n

Kane was immediately taken to an operation to treat hydrocephalus. Two days later, he had surgery to remove his entire tumour. <\/p>\n

Histology reports confirmed that the tumour was non-cancerous and low-grade pilocytic astrocytoma.<\/p>\n

After additional surgery, he was given the all clear and discharged just four days later.<\/p>\n

However, he was taken to hospital for stitches after a wound leaked. <\/p>\n

He continued to leak and went back to surgery to stitch the wound.<\/p>\n

When his hydrocephalus flared back up, he had to have the spinal drain inserted. He was forced to stay flat for five more days before it was finally removed. <\/p>\n

Kane’s parents stayed at a free hotel near the hospital, and were taken in by Ronald McDonald House charity. <\/p>\n

Philippa Bradbury, regional community fundraiser at the charity, said: \u201cIt is our pleasure to be able to support families like the Allcocks, helping to ease the financial and emotional burden of having a sick child in hospital.”<\/p>\n

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Kane’s tumor was discovered after he suffered a seizure.<\/span>Credit: SWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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When he arrived at a tournament, the budding footballer became unwell.<\/span>Credit: Cavendish<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n