Toddler diagnosed with cancer days after being sent home from hospital with constipation
26.04.2023 - 23:41
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A two-year-old girl who was sent home from hospital with constipation was diagnosed with a 15cm cancer tumor just days later.
Gracie Tudor, 2, was rushed her to Dudley Urgent Care Centre at Russells Hall Hospital on March 13 after her mum Claire Jones became concerned about her daughter.
Medics told her that the tot had constipation and tried to send them home but Claire refused to leave and asked for a second opinion. Gracie was admitted and spent two days in hospital but was sent home on March 15. However, three days later her mum took her back to the hospital and after tests she was eventually diagnosed with neuroblastoma after mdeics found a large tumor, reports Birmingham Live.
Claire says she had to really 'kick off' on their second visit to Russells Hall Hospital after medics continued to tell her that Gracie was constipated.
Eventually, after an eight hour wait, a doctor came and checked up on Gracie.
She said: "I took her to A&E again and they wanted to send me home with Movicol (a laxative). I did kick off a little bit and eight hours later a doctor came to see us.
"I get it is busy and I understand that. He felt her tummy and felt something on the right side which he thought was faeces."
The doctor then sent Gracie for an X-ray and ultrasound.
Claire continued: "In the meantime, they did mention to me Birmingham Children's Hospital and said if it is an appendicitis, they can't do anything here because of her age. I was not thinking about cancer at this point.
"We went to ultrasound and the men did not speak to me. They were scanning her and she was crying and sweating - I've never seen sweat like it. He ran out of the room and punched his number into his door and grabbed the phone.
"We get back upstairs and I settle