Lachlan’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Amblyopia During December of 2019 we started to notice that our two and a half year old son Lachlan’s eye had a slight turn. We didn’t think too much of this and decided to just watch it until after the Christmas holiday.  But in January, …

Sophie’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma I was only 21 months old when my family was spending our last weekend of summer at our house in the Hamptons for Labor Day Weekend of 1997.  Over that weekend my mom started to notice a silver flash in my right pupil. The …

Aaron’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Cataract In my infinite scrolling of the internet, I came across a story of a little boy whose grandmother noticed that his eye was reflecting white (instead of red) in pictures, and in the end, that led to the child’s diagnosis of a rare cancer …

Lucas’ Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma I had very worrying thoughts after noticing “the Glow” in my sons eye when taking a picture. I immediately thought my son had retinoblastoma. It didn’t matter how many times I took a picture, it would still be the same. After searching on google, …

Josie’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Superhero Josie says she loves her new eye—and we love the story of bravery that her new eye symbolizes! An annual wellness visit showed that four-year-old Josie had vision loss in one eye, and she was quickly diagnosed with Retinoblastoma.  We are so proud …

La historia del resplandor de Ethan

Diagnóstico: Enfermedad de Coats Esta foto. ESTA FOTO! Si hubiera sabido lo del "resplandor" cuando tomé esta foto. Acabábamos de cambiar la iluminación de nuestra sala de estar la mañana en que tomé las fotos para nuestras tarjetas familiares de Navidad. ¿Por qué el ojo de Ethan tiene este ...

Amber’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Amanda and Scott remember noticing a Glow ever so often in their daughter, Amber’s, right eye when she was as little as two weeks old.  “The Glow” would appear much as a glow appears in a cat’s eye, a yellow-greenish iridescent glow within the …

Jacksen’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Amanda and her husband Jack welcomed their son into the world on in September of 2017.  Jacksen was a perfectly healthy little boy and Amanda and Jack were happy to start their new family life together in their home of Kauai, Hawaii.  Looking back, Amanda …

Gage’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Gage was diagnosed with retinoblastoma in May of 2015. He was two years old at the time when I noticed a weird glow in his right eye. I took him to the doctor’s office three days later and they didn’t know what it was, so they …

Braelyn’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  In March 2017, our world came crashing down when we were told our sweet 9-month-old daughter, Braelyn, was diagnosed with an eye cancer called retinoblastoma.  We scheduled an appointment with a pediatric ophthalmologist after noticing that her eyes would shake when she tried to …