Diagnosis: Bi-lateral Retinoblastoma Trisha says that March 3rd of 2011 was the day their lives changed forever. Trisha’s daughter, Chloe, had seen her pediatrician a few days earlier for a scheduled nine-month well visit. At this exam her pediatrician, Dr. Draker became concerned as he …
Robert and Kimberly Molter had enjoyed dual practices in Michigan but when the opportunity presented itself to sell their practices, they did and happily began the next chapter of their lives- retirement. Regrettably, for Robert, it wasn’t long before he was asking “What now?” Megan …
Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, has known Sandra Staffieri for several years but never really knew the story of how she came to be such a strong advocate for leukocoria awareness in young children and for families with retinoblastoma. Sandra is currently a Research …
When Thanmaya Bekkalale and Josephine Joseph, co-founders of the Iksha Foundation (http://ikshafoundation.org), first discovered a white fleck in photographs of their then 3-year-old son’s eye they was not particularly concerned. It was actually a cousin who, noticing the white fleck, told them that it could …
[Read about Minh Anh’s inspirational journey and the incredible opportunities being created in Vietnam thanks to the work begun by the Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation and the Eye Care Foundation’s investment in Minh Anh and in the future of Vietnam.] —————————————————————- Minh Anh Tran …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In 2004, when Grace was almost five months old, we were at my parents house preparing for my brother’s wedding. While changing Grace on the bed under the light, I noticed her left pupil did not look right. It looked almost translucent, rather …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Zsolt Daniel and his wife, Mariateresa, were living in Caracas, Venezuela when Covid-19 began to spread across the globe. They had many concerns about the welfare of their friends and family with the pandemic but were especially concerned about the health of their …
Irvine, California, 4th October 2021—Targeted Therapy Technologies, LLC (3T Ophthalmics) has been awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its lead anti- cancer drug product candidate, Episcleral Topotecan, for the treatment of pediatric Retinoblastoma. Breakthrough Therapy Designation requires that the …
Dr. Donny Won Suh, Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, joked with Megan Webber of KnowTheGlow, that his wife likes to call him “Donny Gump” as he has traveled …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma Asher was only 13 weeks old when he was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma. In his first few weeks we knew he had visual issues, we knew there was something else going on we couldn’t put our finger on, he had other health …
