Mum woke to missed calls from son's fiancée after holiday took devastating turn

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Sam Kowalski, 37, had a seizure before going on holiday to Japan with his fiancée Emily and it was to be just the start of a devastating health journey

A mum woke to a series of missed calls before finding out her son had suffered a seizure before a dream holiday with his fiancée - which it then emerged was caused by a devastating illness.

Sam Kowalski, 37, was looking forward to a future with his wife-to-be Emily but in the early hours of the morning before they were due to leave for their trip he became ill in their hotel room and was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital.

Mum Sahra said: "I woke up to lots of missed calls from Emily at about 5am, which was really alarming. She told me they were in Wythenshawe Hospital and Sam had had a seizure in the hotel room.

"I was in shock. I thought it was really strange. As a mum, you're trying to look for the reason behind everything. I started Googling and found out it's not uncommon to have a one-off seizure."

Sam was given the all-clear by hospital staff and told he was fit to fly, so he and Emily continued with their holiday but he continued to feel unwell, with dizziness, feeling spaced out and struggling with his vision.

At the time, Sam attributed some of these symptoms to anxiety and stress but after returning home, he managed just one day back at work before his symptoms became "overwhelming".

In October, while away celebrating his birthday with friends, Sam suffered another seizure and so the family arranged a private MRI scan at Spire Murrayfield Hospital.

The results revealed a small tumour on Sam's brain. Sahra said: "The doctor called Sam back a couple of days later and said they had found a small tumour in a 'very operable position'. I didn't know anything about brain tumours. We knew it wasn't good news, but it didn't seem to be too bad."

Sam was subsequently referred to The Walton Centre, where doctors initially diagnosed him with a low-grade glioma. The family were again told the tumour was in an operable position and 95% could be removed.

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