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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaliyah Rugg

Mum knew son needed to go to hospital after his behaviour changed

A mum knew her son had to go to hospital after he had a change in behaviour, becoming lethargic after before Christmas.

Nine-year-old Henri Brammer was rushed to Alder Hey hospital after doctors found "a ball of pus" on his brain. The schoolboy began to experience headaches shortly before Christmas, with mum Carly putting it down to festive excitement.

But when he began to complain of eye pain and became lethargic, he was taken to his local hospital in Stoke on December 19. Being told it was viral, a CT scan showed he needed major surgery and he was rushed to Alder Hey the following day.

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