Izayah’s Glow Story

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 …

Shane’s Glow Story

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 …

Ryan’s Glow Story

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 …

Isabella’s Glow Story

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 …

Kaydn’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease Manda and her husband Bryan welcomed their fourth child, Kaydn, into the world in May of 2018.  Kaydn was born six weeks early and spent his first nine days in the neonatal intensive care unit in Sioux Falls SD.  Despite being born premature, …

Jake’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease Christina says that during the first years of Jake’s life, he was very sensitive to light. She did not think much of this sensitivity in her son as he was very young and she thought that light sensitivity would be normal. When Jake …

Gabriel’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Yesenia will tell you that her son, Gabriel, is her favorite superhero.   Gabriel was born a very healthy little boy. For the first year of his life, Yesenia and her husband had no concerns about his physical well-being.  However, just a few months …

Grant’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease Melissa and her husband noticed that their son, Grant, began to develop a wandering eye when he was about three years old. Over time, this misalignment became more and more noticeable.  Concerned, they began looking for a nearby doctor to have him checked …

Mikaela’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Amblyopia Elizabeth saw a story on her Facebook page that grabbed her attention. It was about a little girl who had “the Glow” in the pupil of her eye in her flash photos. She read that “the Glow” could be an indication of a rare form …

Poppy’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma On a Friday in August, when Poppy was 4 months old, we went to the pediatrician’s office for a well check. It was not our regular pediatrician but I voiced our concerns about the strange “cat-like reflex” that we kept seeing at different angles, …