Raffi Starkowitz's parents said they felt like they had been hit by a train when they heard the news

A young boy was left fighting for his life after nursery staff noticed him 'walking unsteadily'. Four-year-old Raffi Starkowitz was at his nursery when he suddenly began to feel unsteady on his feet and started leaning to one side in March 2025.

His parents, Neil, 47, and Nicky, 46, rushed him to A&E where an emergency MRI scan revealed a mass on his brain . The brave tot underwent a gruelling 10-hour operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital to remove it.

Raffi was diagnosed with group 3 large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma - a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer - and he endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In a cruel twist of fate, while Raffi was un

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