Kid, 14, diagonsed with incurable brain tumour after doctors assured his migraines were normal

A British teenager has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor after doctors repeatedly reassured his family that his worsening headaches were simply teenage migraines.Max Hall, 14, had been suffering from persistent headaches for more than a year. His family says medical professionals initially downplayed the symptoms and sent him home with painkillers. It wasn’t until November 27, just days after his 14th birthday, that the severity of his condition became clear.That day, Max suffered a violent seizure and was rushed to hospital, where he was placed on life support. An MRI scan later revealed a Stage 4 brain tumor, which doctors have said is terminal and inoperable.Max’s mother, Jackie Hall, said her son was kept on life support for two nights while doctors assessed the extent of the tumor.“We know that it’s terminal because of the size of the mass on the brain,” the 44-year-old mother of three said. “It’s Stage 4 terminal, they say they can’t remove or shrink the growth.”Before falling ill, Jackie said Max was active and healthy.“He was a real sporty lad,” she said.“The only thing he had leading up to this was frequent headaches that turned into migraines,” she added. “They were there for over a year and we were just fobbed off with ibuprofen.”Following the family’s claims, Hemant Nemade, Group Medical Director at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire, issued a statement.“Our thoughts are with Max and his family at this unimaginably difficult time,” Nemade said.“We are looking into the circumstances of his care with us to establish what happened in order to learn from this.”Doctors have told the family that Max’s tumor cannot be operated on due to its location in the brain. While he has been offered chemotherapy through the NHS, Jackie says treatment options in the UK are limited.“It can’t get any worse. There’s literally nothing that they can do for him in the UK,” she said. “This is Max’s life.”The Hall family is now raising money to pursue specialized treatment in Germany, where Max may be eligible for a vaccine-based therapy designed to target tumor cells and slow their growth.“It’s almost a personalized vaccine,” Jackie explained. “They take blood from Max, look at the cells, and create a vaccine personalised to Max’s tumor.”The treatment would require the family to travel to Germany every few weeks. They are aiming to raise £250,000 (around $335,000) to cover a year of treatment. While the therapy is not a cure, Jackie believes it could extend Max’s life.“We just need him around with us,” she said.Despite his diagnosis, Jackie said her son has remained remarkably resilient.“Max is taking it so well, it’s so great,” she said. “He’s tired all the time and he’s losing some of his memory. He can’t remember a conversation two minutes ago, and sometimes his speech is jumbled up. But he’s blown me away with how well he’s doing. We don’t want an end date for him, we want to keep fighting.”A GoFundMe page has been set up to support Max’s treatment, with more than £113,000 raised so far.