Scots mum has 'whole life shattered' after son, 7, diagnosed with brain tumour

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A Scots mum has told how her whole life was "shattered" after discovering her seven-year-old son had a brain tumour following a routine MRI scan.Mason Mackenzie woke up in January unable to move due to neck pain so his mum, Carly Mackenzie phoned the GP to make an appointment.The 26-year-old, from Wallyford, could not get her son out of bed to attend the appointment so was advised to take Mason straight to A&E.Speaking to Edinburgh Live she said: “When Mason woke up with neck pain and unable to move I called him in sick for school and contacted the GP.“We were unable to make the appointment as he could not move and that is when they told us to take him to A&E.

The doctor did some examinations and found he had torticollis before prescribing some exercises and ibuprofen.“Mason can often have headaches and suffers from tiredness but I always assumed it was related to his autism or being a typical primary three fed up of school.

It was nothing I would have thought to get checked until we were offered a basic MRI scan.“I decided there was no harm in getting it done as this process was not intrusive and he could just wear his own clothes.

We made an appointment for early February not thinking anything of it as he was presenting as happy and healthy besides the neck pain."The family were called in sooner than expected and as soon as Carly received the phone call she knew it wasn't good news.She explained: “But a couple of days after the MRI we got a phone call to say we need you to come in right away to discuss what they had found.