Stories To Inspire Us All
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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” …
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 …
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 …
