Schoolboy, 10, told he 'may never walk again' after going to bed with sore neck A sporty school boy who was told he may never walk again after waking up paralysed due to a rare spinal tumour miraculously took his first steps just five weeks later.
He was swiftly transferred to King’s College Hospital, London, for an urgent operation to remove the clot and part of the tumour, to give him the best chance of recovery.
Harry Goulden experienced sudden neck pain in October 2024, but when the 10-year-old boy woke the next day, he was paralysed and had "no power in his legs at all".
An emergency dash to A&E and an MRI scan uncovered a walnut-sized tumour on the youngster's spine which had caused a blood clot, paralysing him from the chest down.
Against all odds, after intensive physiotherapy, Harry has astonished medical professionals by walking again, returning to the football pitch, and continuing his active lifestyle.
