'I was 14, playing in a cricket match and felt dizzy - when I got home, I collapsed and made a horrifying discovery'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThomas Jackson was just 14-years-old when he started to feel unwell while playing cricket. The sports lover and keen Manchester City fan was playing for Hyde Under 19s: “It was a really big game, it was the semi-final of the Cheshire Cup.
I had a bad headache and felt dizzy but then I felt better after I had some water and finished playing the game.” But little did the family know a nightmare was only just beginning.
By the time they got home, Thomas was feeling so unwell he couldn't even stand. After that, he doesn't remember much of what happened, but his mum Clare will never forget. "He told me he didn’t feel well and just collapsed on the floor in the kitchen," she said. "So many people arrived as quickly as they could, and we were blue lighted to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital”.
Scans found that he had a brain tumour the size of a golf ball, which required surgery, radiotherapy and intense chemotherapy to help treat.
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