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He writes marvellous stories and had a poem published in
his regional newspaper about the local football team. But
the best thing about him – he's a joker, a bit of a
lad. Even when his teachers are cross with the class about
something – like homework or noise – he can end
up making them laugh.
He starts being sick in the mornings; so badly that he can't
go to school. And he starts seeing double as well.
His doctor thinks the headaches might be because he's seeing
double. So he sends (refers) Andy to an Orthoptist
to see whether there's anything wrong with his eyes. There
isn't.
He's then sent (referred) to a hospital; he has an image
taken of his brain. This is done by a Radiographer.
The radiographer and the doctors can see that Andy has a brain
tumour. The doctors say they will operate to take the tumour
away.
When they've done that Andy sees a different radiographer
who treats him with a special kind of powerful X-ray; they
work on the place where the tumour was. This is to stop the
tumour coming back.
Andy gets better. But he seems to have lost his sense of
humour. Why is this? Andy finds it hard to say what it all
felt like when he found out what was wrong with him. He finds
it hard to say what his experiences were like in the hospital.
He works with an Art
Therapist. He discovers a new interest – photography.
Working with the art therapist he uses his imagination with
photographs and stories and poems to express his feelings.
After a time, Andy begins to joke around again. He also
decides he's going to go to college and take up his new passion
– photography.
 Which
AHPs help Andy?
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What
makes Andy sick in the morning and start seeing
double?
