When eight-year-old Stanley Bramble began experiencing headaches so bad that he passed out from the pain, his mum, Kirsty, knew that something was wrong.
The Harlow-based schoolboy first started getting sporadic head pains in September 2021, which doctors described as 'migraines' and prescribed medication for. However, Stanley was left "unwell, passing out and then sleeping for hours" because of the pain.
The symptoms persisted for several weeks and led to Stanley experiencing "episodes" - where he would be rocking back and forth, "staring straight through you" and be crying.