Doctors said our boy, 6, just had migraines for weeks – now he is facing a rare disease

A LITTLE boy suffered with excruciating headaches for weeks – with doctors saying he had migraines.

Now the six-year-old is facing a rare and aggressive brain tumour and has needed two serious operations.


Stanley Batten, from Harlow, began having a few headaches last September.

His mum, Kirsty Bramble, took him to the GP to check him over – where they said it was probably migraines.

But the pain got worse, and the youngster started having "moments" – that appeared almost like a fit.

He was taken back to the GP but sent home with painkillers, until Kirsty rushed him to hospital when the headaches got really bad.

Doctors almost sent him home, but he had a "moment" and was rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Tragically, his parents were then told he had a brain tumour.

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Three days later he went into surgery to try and drain fluid on his brain, before another operation to try and remove the tumour.

But doctors couldn't get it all, with a biopsy confirming Stanley had ependymoma, a tumour on the primary central nervous system.

The youngster is now having chemotherapy, but his family want to raise money to get him Proton Therapy.

His grandad, John Bramble said: "At the beginning of December 2021, Stanley has gone from being diagnosed with possible migraines.

"To finding out he has a brain tumour then being admitted into Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) London, to having one operation to drain fluid off of his brain and then a 2nd operation the day after which took 13hrs to try to remove the tumour, but they were not able to remove all of it.

"Following seven weeks of chemo, they will be told whether Manchester or Germany, are able to take Stanley for proton beam therapy (specialised radiotherapy).

"This will be the financial burden on the family – seven weeks chemo in London, followed by six weeks Proton Therapy in Manchester or Germany, then back to London for seven weeks chemo. This is just the start.

"Any extra will afford them some luxury in spending some quality time together with their son and their daughter, who is of course affected by this family trauma.

"Please help us by donating anything you are able to afford. Any little helps."

A brain tumour is a growth of cells in the brain that multiplies in an abnormal, uncontrollable way.

Common symptoms include:

  • headaches
  • seizures (fits)
  • persistently feeling sick (nausea), being sick (vomiting) and drowsiness
  • mental or behavioural changes, such as memory problems or changes in personality
  • progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
  • vision or speech problems

Brain tumours can affect people of any age, including children, although they tend to be more common in older adults.

More than 11,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in the UK each year, of which about half are cancerous.

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