Stories To Inspire Us All
Diagnosis: Unilateral Retinoblastoma My son was diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma on March 4th 2017 at the age of 8 months old after his daycare provider mentioned seeing a glow in his right eye. Xander (we call him Xan Man) began treatment immediately in Memphis Tennessee. He …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma Austin was constantly getting sick and going to the doctor’s office. The doctors initially told me I was being a hypochondriac but Austin got extremely sick the night of his first birthday. We took him to the doctor’s that day and then to …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Last September, Diana and her husband Bob were thrilled to welcome their second daughter, Holly, into the world. Holly was born completely healthy, but Diana and Bob were anxious to have Holly’s eyes checked. Holly’s three year old sister, Hannah, had been diagnosed with …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma “There’s something in her eye. I don’t know if it’s a tumor or something else, but you need to get this checked out RIGHT AWAY!”…. And that’s what he told me. He was the doctor, and I thought I WAS getting her checked out. …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Cancer affected my grandparents, but I never thought that it would be something I would deal with first hand. At Colt’s 15 month checkup, we mentioned to our pediatrician, Dr. Ward, how we thought Colt’s left eye was going inward. Dr. Ward noticed it as …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma When I was eight months old, my parents noticed that my left eye was not tracking with my right eye. They took me to my pediatrician and were told it was just a lazy eye and nothing to worry about. My parents still felt …
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease Samantha and her husband Luis decided to take their young family on a trip last May. Their youngest child, Izayah, was almost 1 1/2 years old. Samantha took many photos of her children and proudly shared them on Instagram and Facebook. Shortly after …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Shane was born in Los Angeles, CA on October 25th, 2000. He was five weeks early and stayed in the NICU for five days. When his parents, Dawn and Joe, brought Shane home, they noticed that he appeared to be uncomfortable. After multiple …
Diagnosis: Coloboma Krista gave birth to her fifth child, Ryan, in May of 2018. Ryan was born full term and was a very healthy baby but at three months of age, Krista started to worry that Ryan may have an issue with his vision. Around August …
Diagnosis: Amblyopia In the first few months of Isabella’s life, her mother, Jessica, noticed that her eyes would sometimes not track together. Jessica knew that this was perfectly normal for a newborn and did not give it much thought. However, by the time Isabella was 8 …
