A younger Scots boy has been left terrified he's dying and bleeding "for hours at a time" after a tumour began rising on his face. 5-year-old John Marshall, from Glasgow, first went to his GP in August after his mum Sheryl observed the pink lump close to his temple, which was identified as a granuloma, a kind of non-cancerous tumour.
However three months on, John, who has autism, remains to be struggling because the lump has grown bigger and gushes with blood as much as six instances a day. It has additionally turn out to be contaminated twice, with John given programs of antibiotics. He has had appointments with dermatologists and plastic surgeons on the Royal Kids's Hospital in Glasgow, however has not but had the tumour eliminated after a sequence of hold-ups and cancellations.
Mum Sheryl, 34, advised the Report: "The lump retains getting larger and is bleeding each single day, for hours.
"We have been in A&E twice as a result of we could not cease it. That they had to make use of an adrenalin swab to cease it.
"It is terrifying, it simply begins pouring down his face, and retains pouring.
"He screams the place down when it occurs and that is typically by means of the night time too.
"John's not sleeping on account of this. He has autism and he simply would not perceive, he retains coming by means of to our room and asking if he'll die.
"He have to be sitting enthusiastic about it in his mattress. It’s simply terrible."
John, who began at Thornliebank Major Faculty in the summertime, has missed plenty of class time and the teen's dad, William, 48, has needed to take break day work as a supply driver to take him to appointments, whereas Sheryl has additionally needed to cancel shifts on the rugby membership she works at.
He's now set to have surgical procedure on Monday, October 10 and his dad and mom hope it is going to give their younger son some peace of thoughts.
Sheryl added: "We're simply at breaking level now, continuously pressured and upset. John's only a wee boy so assume what it have to be like for him."
A spokesman for NHS Larger Glasgow and Clyde stated: "We wish to apologise to the Marshall household for the wait they've skilled and for any misery this has brought about. Our employees are working extraordinarily exhausting at a time of appreciable stress to offer the very best customary of care to our sufferers and are persevering with to prioritise pressing and emergency care.
"Efforts are being made to extend clinic and theatre capability, scale back ready instances and assist sufferers to be seen as shortly as doable and we are able to verify that this affected person’s process has been scheduled to happen early within the coming week."
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