Stories To Inspire Us All
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma New parents love to take videos of their newborns and toddlers. Each milestone is so precious and parents want to document every moment. Oftentimes, when watching these videos, there will be strange flashes of light that shine from the child’s eye. Most of the …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Yanah had just turned 2 when we first noticed a glow in her left eye in some of the photographs we took of her. Thinking it was just a normal bounce back of the camera flash, we didn’t give it much attention. But when …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma There are times that Ryder’s mom, Andrea, believes his adorable little shirt, “Born to be Wild,” perfectly describes Ryder’s energy level as a busy, bustling two year old! But all of us at KTG believe it should actually read “Born to be a Fighter,” …
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease “Nadine, Violet has no pupil!” were the words shouted from the living room by my husband, and that was the beginning of our journey. As I ran in to the living room the lamp was shining on to Violet’s face. There was hardly …
