Little Ruby Hodgson is full of beans - and a bit of boogie woogie woogie!
A video posted on Facebook by Ruby’s dad Wayne shows the Redcar youngster, who has battled a recurring brain tumour in formidable style, in fine vocal form.
Usually, like many little girls her age, Ruby’s repertoire revolves around songs from the Disney movie Frozen. But now she’s back at school full-time, after months of disruption caused by her treatment, she’s picking up other tunes too.
And a three-verse rendition of kids’ song Down in the Jungle (Jungle Boogie) shows how well she’s recovering from all that gruelling treatment.
She even makes up the third verse herself, deciding to include a dog in the list of jungle animals doing their washing.
Wayne, who was accompanying Ruby today for her monthly medical check-up, said: “She’s doing really well.
“She’s back at school properly now, enjoying herself, and she even had a little friend round for tea for the first time the other day.”
Wayne, who posted the video on “Ruby’s Page” on Facebook, says it’s lovely to hear Ruby in such good form, even if Frozen features almost all the time!
He said: “Even when she goes to see the specialist and there’s half a dozen of us in the room, she has to “freeze” us all first. It takes 10 minutes before anything gets done!
“But it just shows she’s back to her normal, lively self, which is what we’ve all hoped for.”
Wheatlands Primary pupil Ruby, five, last year underwent a gruelling six weeks of draining radiotherapy after a brain stem tumour showed signs of returning for a third time, despite proton therapy in the USA.
However, she was given the three month “all clear” last month and continues to thrive.
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