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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Paige Oldfield & Nisha Mal

'Doctors thought my baby was reacting to an infection but I pushed for a scan - leading to emergency brain surgery'

When Victoria Wall gave birth to her son Sebastian she thought she was prepared. When the doctors noted down his head circumference she thought it was of little importance, 'I’d rather have known his length' - but little did she know just how important this small piece of information would be.

He was distressed at his time of birth and doctors put him onto a ventilator straight away. They did an ultrasound on him when he was five days old and found a cyst on his brain.

Naturally, Victoria was concerned but was reassured the growth was nothing to worry about. But as he started to grow and develop she picked on little traits.

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