WHEN a Chester family noticed their son was walking to one side, they initially put it down to blisters from the shoes he was wearing. But after a check-up at Boughton Health Centre and a subsequent MRI at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Joe Grundy s parents were shocked to be told he had a spinal tumour which was threatening to cut off his spine and nervous system. Joe, dad Paul and mum Ali immediately went to Alder Hey Children s Hospital, with the stark news that if the tumour was not removed, it would kill their son. But after a 10-and-a-half hour surgery, Joe s spinal tumour was removed, with metal plates and screws put in.