A Papua New Guinean boy will return home to a brighter future,
after Australian surgeons removed a football-sized tumor from his
brain.
A Papua New Guinean boy will return home to a
brighter future, after Australian surgeons removed a football-sized tumor from his brain. 
Ivan-Joe Leo, who is just 20 months old, faced severe neurological and physical impairment before the delicate operation.
Ivan-Joe Leo, who is just 20 months old, faced severe neurological and physical impairment before the delicate operation.
The boy's mother, Jocelyne Sari, said through tears that the
eight-hour operation will be life-changing for the whole family.
"Some
small kids they say when I carry him around... look at the baby, he has
got two heads. It was like a miracle after the surgery."
When the Children First Foundation flew Ivan-Joe to Australia from
Papua New Guinea in February, a lump on his scalp had ballooned to the
size of a football.
The deformity is believed to have been caused by a fractured skull sustained during his premature birth.
Surgeons are confident the playful toddler is well on the way to catching up for any delayed development.
The deformity is believed to have been caused by a fractured skull sustained during his premature birth.
Surgeons are confident the playful toddler is well on the way to catching up for any delayed development.
Source: SBS World News Australia
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