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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'It was just me and Bobby': Mum's heartbreak as baby's sore leg became fatal

The moment Georgia Barber heard the word ‘tumour’ leave the doctor’s mouth, the entire hospital room started spinning.

She had only taken her son Bobby in for a sore leg. The single mum noticed the 15-month-old had a limp and was dragging himself across the floor.

Medics initially thought Bobby had a fracture and sent him home in a cast. But when the pain continued, Georgia knew it was something sinister – refusing to leave A&E until tests were carried out.

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