Their daughter was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Two weeks later, their son was too
by Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times
Jul 02, 2018
4 minutes
Duncan Avery thought his son was imitating his big sister when he said his head hurt.
Avery's other child, 6-year-old Kalea, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor a week earlier. She had just had surgery to remove the mass.
Now Noah, 4, was pointing to a spot between his eyebrows, the same place Kalea had complained of pain.
Then Noah vomited. He started walking oddly, his small body tilted to the right.
On June 21, an MRI revealed that Noah too had brain cancer. A tumor that looked just like his sister's, in the same part of the brain.
"We broke down in tears," said Avery, who lives in Torrance. "How could two kids in 14 days
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