A Scots mum has told how she frantically brought her wedding forward to ensure she had the same surname as her baby son before he lost his brave brain tumour battle. Kate Goodall, from Dumfries, welcomed little Jacob into the world in 2016 with husband Andy but soon noticed that he was struggling with acid reflux problems.
After taking him to hospital, a consultant noticed the youngster had slight facial paralysis because when he cried as one of his eyes didn’t fully close. He was also breathing noisily and had an obstructed airflow.
He was just four weeks old when medics confirmed he had an extremely rare atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour. Medics were able to remove 95 per cent of the mass but broke the news that Jacob had a very slim chance of survival as he spent three weeks hooked up to a ventilator.
