Myles’ Glow Story

Diagnosis: Optic Nerve Coloboma Susan and her husband were thrilled when they discovered they were expecting again.  Susan says she had some concerns as she was considered an older mother at 44 and she is also diabetic.  Her nerves were calmed during the course of …

Olivia’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Derlis says he vividly remembers the first time he noticed the Glow in his daughter Olivia’s left eye. It was November of 2019 and Olivia was just two years old. Derlis was playing indoors with Olivia when the light hit her eye as …

Everett’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma When Sierra was just three years old her mother started to notice a flash or glow in her daughter’s eye.  She could see this glow with the naked eye in dimly lit rooms when the light hit it at just the right …

Maelyn’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma In 2009, Hien Vu left her home and her entire family in Vietnam.  She dreamed of studying in the United States and eventually moved to Arizona on a student visa where she attended college at Arizona State University.  Hien worked very hard …

Joey’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease In December 2020, Mike and Pam took their son Joey for his six year well visit.  During the exam, the doctor noticed that Joey may need glasses and sent them to see an ophthalmologist.  Not alarmed by this news, the family waited …

Fariha’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma As many in the KnowTheGlow community have come to learn, it is vitally important that you have a strong support system around you when you have a child that has been given a difficult diagnosis. Thanks to the support and compassion of Farheen …

Nixon’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Amblyopia Kathy kept a very close watch on her two boys, always looking for signs of any visual issues.  Kathy had been treated when she was five years old for an astigmatism that led to amblyopia.  She wore glasses, and with patching therapy, was …

Pooh’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma It was a late afternoon nearly four years ago in Hanoi when Tanya found herself sitting by the window holding her 3-month-old baby girl.  In that light, she noticed a glimmering glow in her baby’s eye. Tanya’s mother is a nurse and so …

Santiago’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma English This month, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder Megan Webber sat down to speak with Amanda Hernandez, a Venezuelan-Canadian mother of a Retinoblastoma survivor. Amanda, her husband, and their oldest son moved from Venezuela to Canada in 2012. In 2015, their youngest son, Santiago, was born.  …

Fiona’s Glow Story

In the year 1934, Fiona Fairlie was only 18 months old.  Her father was playing with her one afternoon and made a discovery that would forever change her life.  There was not much information distributed in those days about childhood cancer, especially not about the …