Miles’ Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease When Miles was about 12 months old, Lauran and Barry started to notice “the Glow” in the flash photos they took of their son. He was a very active, healthy and happy little boy. Lauran and Barry had never heard of “the Glow” …

Sylvia’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Not many people were aware of the Glow in 1967,  let alone the dozen or so conditions it could represent.  Therefore, when Sylvia’s parents first noticed a Glow in their daughter’s eye, they were far more intrigued than alarmed.   Not only was Sylvia …

Theo’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma It was a perfectly normal Monday. Before naptime, Lauren settled in the big rocking chair with her eight-month-old son, Theo, on her lap to read him a book before putting him down to sleep. Theo looked up at her and, and just for a …

Noah’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In May last year my partner Ollie first noticed Noah’s eye had an unusual glow/reflection. A few days passed and he kept saying he could see this weird glow but I couldn’t see it from the naked eye like Ollie could. One day it …

Tristan’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease This Glow Story has two parts today: one told from the unique perspective of Tristan himself and the second in his mom’s words.  Tristan’s Story from His Perspective I was at Disneyland, believe it or not, for New Year’s in 2015 going into …

Maggie’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Last year, something happened to our family here in the Philippines that tested not only our physical and emotional strength but even our faith in Almighty God.  On October 13, 2017, our world as we knew it suddenly stopped. That was the day we …

Aubrey’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Coloboma Christina and her husband Chris were so excited to be carrying twins!!!!  Christina had sailed through the first two trimesters and had a very normal pregnancy until at 35 weeks gestation when things took a dramatic turn.  The doctors recognized that she had low …

Skylar’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Laura and her husband had concerns when their first child was born.  Laura’s husband, Dennis had battled Bilateral Retinoblastoma as an infant.  He was told that it was possible to pass this cancer along to his children.  Their firstborn, a little boy, was born …

Lola’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Kelli worked as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant for a few years before and during her pregnancy with her second child.  At the time, Kelli would tell you her path to this career was unconventional.  But now, she believes it was a “God thing” that …

Evie’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma The first time Kaitlin remembers her “gut feeling” that something may be wrong with her little girl, Evie, was when Evie was just a little over four weeks old.  Kaitlin remembers seeing a little yellow glow in her daughter’s eye when she looked at …