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Daily Mirror
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James Holt & Chiara Fiorillo

'My son asked me if he was going to survive tumour - I had to tell him the truth'

A heartbroken mum said her 13-year-old son asked her if he was going to survive after being diagnosed with an aggressive tumour - and while in hospital with him, she knew she had to tell him the truth.

Arnold Chappin was taken to the GP by his mum after he began experiencing limping and falling over at the beginning of June.

The "adventurous and clumsy" boy also started having difficulty using his left hand - and at that point, his parents Ruth and Brett knew something was wrong.

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