A 10-year-old schoolgirl had her life saved by a routine eye test
which showed a tumour the size of a GOLF BALL pressing against her
brain. Lauren Uncles went to her local opticians to get some
prescription sunglasses for a family holiday in Cornwall on August 21.
But during her eye exam optometrist David Strachan spotted swelling
behind her optic nerve. Little Lauren was then rushed from her local
Specsavers branch in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., to nearby Queen's
Hospital for further tests. They revealed she had a rare cranial
fibroma - a cancer which grows inside the eye - which can be deadly if
left untreated and cause complete blindness within days. The next day
she was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital where she underwent a
major operation to remove the tumour by draining 40ml of fluid from
her brain.