The dad of a child who had a 'grapefruit' sized tumour will run in a Nottingham event to raise money for the healthcare workers who saved his son. Ashley and Charlene Swift, of Bestwood, were devastated when their five-month old son Oliver was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2018 and was given a 2 per cent chance of survival.
Following this diagnosis he underwent years of intense medical procedures, which finally ended last year when he rung the special bell at Nottingham Children's Hospital, marking the end of his treatment. As part of a series of fundraising efforts to thank QMC staff for the now five-year-old Oliver's care, his dad Ashley will soon be running the Robin Hood Half Marathon.
Mr Swift, 33, recalled how he and his wife had learnt of their son's diagnosis. "He was diagnosed in January 2018 with a brain tumour when he was five months old. We didn't know what it was originally, we took him to the doctors for a cough - we were first time parents so we didn't really know what was normal and what was not.
