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Simona Kitanovska

Two-Year-Old Boy Who Survived A Giant Brain Tumor Is Set To Start Preschool

Baby Roux Owen returned home, from multiple brain tumor surgeries, to celebrate his 1st birthday surrounded by hundreds of cards he received from all around the world, pictured at home in East Yorkshire, in the U.K., on October 2, 2020. Baby Owen, now 2 years old, is set to start going to preschool, a day his parents said they feared they'd never get to see. (Lee McLean, SWNS/Zenger)

A two-year-old who survived a giant brain tumor “the size of two oranges” as a baby is set to start preschool, a day his parents feared they would never see.

Brave Roux Owen was diagnosed with a large, low-grade germ cell tumor in October 2019 at just four weeks old and has undergone thirteen operations since then. After his fifth procedure, his parents Amy and Antony Owen, both 34, were told to consider end-of-life care.

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