A MUM has shared how her son needed to have part of his skull removed and stitched to his back after he complained of headaches.
Worried parents Krissie Thatcher and Dave Allon were told their teenage son Warrick had a 50 per cent chance of survival after he suffered a rare brain aneurysm.
The 15-year-old was rushed into emergency surgery after he collapsed at the family’s home in Andover, Hampshire.
His worried parents were told to prepare for the worst surgeons would try and reduce the immense pressure in his skull following a brain haemorrhage.
The operation also saw medics remove part of Warrick’s skull – which was stitched into his back during surgery to allow for the swelling around the brain to reduce and to preserve the bone.
Mum Krissie said: “I will remember that moment forever.
“We asked what Warrick’s chances of survival were and were told it was 50/50.
“It all happened so quickly but I remember telling his surgeon, Mr Chakraborty, that my boy wasn’t going to die.
“It wasn’t denial, it was determination – he wasn’t going to die that day.”
The teen miraculously survived and despite initially being unable to speak or walk, he has now recovered and even returned back to school part-time.
