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Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Time and again we hear how “motherly intuition” led families to diagnosis. Once again, this is the case in baby Conor’s story. Conor was just seven months old, October 2016, the first time his mother Julie realized something may be wrong. Conor looked at her and …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma It was mid-April and I was coming from my mom’s house. As I got the kids out of the car, my then 2 year old son, Caiden, was walking in front me and he was singing a song. He paused mid-sentence and turned …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In the spring of 2016, Know The Glow shared a very inspirational story about two amazing “warriors”, Darlene Sutton and her granddaughter Lizzie. Darlene and Lizzie were simultaneously fighting two different battles against cancer. We are very pleased to share with you an update …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma On May 10, 2017, Kristina Luna gave birth to a perfectly healthy little girl she named Arielle. Arielle passed all the wellness exams in the hospital and was sent home a few days later. When Arielle was about a week old she started …
Diagnosis: Amblyopia A couple months prior to Chipper’s third birthday we noticed that he would occasionally turn his left eye inward. At first, we thought he was just being silly. This prompted us to look back through his pictures and we were shocked to find several pictures …
Diagnosis: Coloboma Zach & Kati Simmons were sitting in the pediatrician’s clinic with their then four-day old baby girl, River Laine, waiting for her discharge appointment. River was finally bright-eyed and looked up at the florescent lights – Kati was surprised at what she saw. She …
Diagnóstico: Enfermedad de Coats Durante un par de meses, Mike y yo habíamos notado que el ojo derecho de Jack era perezoso a veces. Cuando llevé a Jack y a una de sus hermanas al pediatra para que les hiciera un examen físico a principios de junio de 2015, el pediatra no vio...
Diagnosis: Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) Emily started to notice something may be wrong with her son just weeks after his birth. Dezmond “Dez” was only six weeks old when they noticed both of his eyes were shaking continuously. Alarmed, Emily took him to see his pediatrician. …
Diagnosis: Persistent Fetal Vasculature Sadie was only two months old when her father, Drew, first sensed something may be impacting his daughter’s vision. Sadie’s right eye had a tendency to turn inward, especially when she was sleepy. When sharing his concerns with Sadie’s mother Ashley, who …
Diagnóstico: Enfermedad de Coats El otoño de 2013 fue un momento difícil para Matthew, de 9 años. Finalmente fue operado para corregir una condición que causaba que su pie apuntara hacia adentro. Esta cirugía requirió que Matthew se quedara en casa sin ir a la escuela durante unos meses para recuperarse. Durante esas semanas en casa, su ...
