Family devastated after young Scots boy's headaches diagnosed as brain tumour

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A Scots family were left devastated when their little boy's headaches turned out to be a stage four brain tumour. Eight-year-old Rudi Abbott, from Edinburgh, was just six when he began suffering from sore head and blurred vision.

The youngster was referred for an MRI scan and was diagnosed in August 2020 with the cruel condition. Parents Coline and Ben were told that Rudi had a rare tumour in the centre of his brain, with treatment beginning almost immediately, reports Edinburgh Live.

Just a week later, Rudi was taken in for major surgery to remove the tumour, before undergoing aggressive chemo and radiotherapy, as well a stint in Germany for proton therapy.A "funny" and "kind" little boy, Rudi had been recovering since April 2021, however a recent MRI scan showed his tumour has returned, with his only options now being trials outside of the UK.Desperate to have the funds ready, Rudi's family have launched a fundraiser for £250,000, in the hope they are prepared for the results of a biopsy which could allow them to seek further treatment.Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Rudi's aunt, Catherine, 48, said: "He the whole way through first lockdown he was complaining that things wee blurry when reading or watching things and having reoccurring sore heads "They went to the Sick Kids in August as he had had one eye squinting and was unable to focus. "He felt quite strange on one side and had tremblings, he'd had a lot of sickness a lot out of nowhere."Then they got the MRI and found the tumour."I think because he'd been unwell for quite a long time we were all thinking there was maybe something not right but it was the start of Covid and there were things going around, you hope it's anything other than that though."Going through his