Family using TikTok to spread word on brain tumours after boy's ordeal

Kirsty describes her five-year-old son Reggie as funny, energetic and an absolute daredevil.

- by Jennifer Cartwright

Daniel, Kirsty, Reggie, and Rio. Right: Reggie in hospital

He's also like “two peas in a pod” with his older brother Rio.

She said: “He’s hilarious, he’s happy-go-lucky and just wants to get involved with everything.”

You wouldn't think that over the past 18 months Reggie is a child who has undergone major brain surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, all to treat a brain tumour.

Reggie's family, who are from Morley, first noticed something wasn’t right in spring last year when he began vomiting regularly, became disoriented when walking, and had extremely fluctuating energy levels.

His parents had a gut feeling that Reggie’s symptoms weren’t normal and after a series of GP and A&E visits, an MRI scan revealed that Reggie had a brain tumour.

Kirsty said: “I knew what it was before he got diagnosed. I just had mother's instinct and I knew it was a brain tumour.

“As parents, we always go to the worst case scenario - you kind of think it’s something but then really really hope it’s not. When they confirmed it, I was just like ‘I can’t believe we were right.”