Boy, 4, can't start chemotherapy for brain cancer due to coronavirus diagnosis
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NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. (News 12/CNN) - A 4-year-old boy in New York is recovering from surgery to treat a brain tumor. He also needs chemotherapy, but he cant get it because he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Matteo Ferruzzi, 4, was rushed to Cohen Childrens Hospital when he started feeling sick and developed additional symptoms, including his eyes crossing. It was discovered he had an inoperable, malignant brain tumor.
(He had surgery.)
But thats when things became more complicated: Matteos mother, Jennifer Ferruzzi, contracted COVID-19 and had to self-quarantine.
"It was hard for me to be in the bedroom, so sick, and hearing him out there and not being able to tell him, Its OK. Mommys here, Ferruzzi said.
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