A boy ’s basketball-size tumor was slowly killing him. He died days after doctors removed it.

The basketball-size tumor was finally gone, and the first signs after Emanuel Zayas’s surgery were deceptively encouraging. The 14-year-old’s eyes had begun to react to stimulation. The muscles on his face were strengthening. For a moment, his family, doctors and other supporters exhaled. But inside, the teen was already dying, according to Miami NBC-affiliate WTVJ. Days after […]Related:This flu season keeps getting deadlier, and a shutdown will make things worseHe ate raw fish almost every day — until a 5-foot-long tapeworm slithered out of his bodyHHS releases new rule on health workers’ religious, moral objections

Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - January 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news