{"id":143332,"date":"2023-11-01T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143332"},"modified":"2023-11-01T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:27:54","slug":"my-cool-kind-little-girl-started-slurring-and-fainted-at-school-just-six-months-later-she-died-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/lifestyle\/my-cool-kind-little-girl-started-slurring-and-fainted-at-school-just-six-months-later-she-died-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"My 'cool, kind' little girl started slurring and fainted at school – just six months later she died | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A TEENAGE girl died just six months after she began slurring her words at school. <\/p>\n
Ellie Riccio, 14, started showing symptoms like slurred speech and falling over repeatedly in January 2022. <\/p>\n
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Her mum, Kim, 45, rushed her to hospital after she fainted in drama class – and scans showed a mass on her brain.<\/p>\n
Further tests revealed Ellie, who studied at Ash Manor School in Surrey, had a deadly type of brainstem tumour, called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.<\/p>\n
The school girl was just one of 30 children in Britain to be diagnosed with the rare condition.<\/p>\n
Kim said: "The consultant referred to it as a 'heart sink' tumour because that's what their heart does every time they diagnose it, knowing it can't be fixed."<\/p>\n