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Bristol Post
Corey Bedford & Nisha Mal

Girl, 4, underwent 17 surgeries to remove brain tumour detected during eye test

Little Odette Derry has undergone 17 surgeries to remove a brain tumour. Her mum and dad Sophie and Tom Derry took her to the GP when she started to complain of headaches.

The parents were advised to take her for an eye test, where some swelling on her head was found. Odette was taken to A&E and had a CT scan where doctors discovered she had a brain tumour.

She then underwent a nine-hour brain surgery at Nottingham Children's Hospital on February 22, 2022. But then had some complications post op, leading to a further surgeries - in total she was in the hospital for seven months.

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