AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy has spent months in hospital battling a brain tumour just a year after his mother was stricken with the same condition.

Gergo Balla’s parents became concerned after he endured weeks of suffering with headaches and severe vomiting but it was not until he fell unconscious and was rushed to A&E at Manchester Royal Infirmary that the 7cm tumour was discovered.

This happened on April 9 and - following five surgeries and 30 sessions of radiotherapy - the youngster remains in hospital.

Now, the former Gaskell Primary School pupil has to be fed through a tube and is learning to walk again after losing the use of some of his limbs.

It comes a year after another family tragedy, in which doctors discovered Gergo’s mother Renata Balla had developed a brain tumour at just 36. Despite treatment she still sometimes has to use a wheelchair.

The family have asked for help via charity webstie GoFundMe and have been able to raise more than £1,700 to help with treatment and living costs, but father Zoltan Balla, 35, says the situation has been “very hard” to deal with.

“He’s a very strong, brave boy and we’re so proud of him,” Mr Balla said.

“But, at the moment, he can’t eat, he has had to have a tracheostomy because when he eats all the food is going the wrong way.

“He’s learning to walk ang he can walk a little bit but he has to learn everything again.”

Gergo, who lives on Halliwell Road, was set to start his first year at Sharples High School in September but will instead be undergoing nine months of chemotherapy treatment before he can be fully released from hospital.

His condition, Medulloblastoma, is the most common brain cancer to effect children.

It causes a fast-growing tumour to develop which leads to extreme sickness and migraine before causing dizziness and sometimes repeated falls.

Anyone interested in helping Gergo can donated money to his parents at bit.ly/2GRCNfR.