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Diagnosis: Coats Disease Ana Sebrek is no different than any other mother trying to protect her child. “If I could bubble wrap my son, plus goggles and plus a helmet, I would!” she told Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow. As Megan has learned from speaking …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma We at Know the Glow had the pleasure of speaking with Rachel Mayta. Rachel is a 31 year old Retinoblastoma survivor who bursts with energy, joy and positivity. She is bound and determined to reach others who are navigating the world with one …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma When my son, Ammiel was just three months old, I noticed that there was a transparent white film on his right pupil. Around the same time, I noticed a glow in his eye in the sunlight when he was outside of our house. …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma The first time Wendy saw the “flash” in her son Jasen’s eye, she thought she may have imagined it. Jasen was just three months old and as Wendy laid him on the bed to change his clothing, the light hit his eye at …
Diagnosis: Bi-lateral Retinoblastoma Trisha says that March 3rd of 2011 was the day their lives changed forever. Trisha’s daughter, Chloe, had seen her pediatrician a few days earlier for a scheduled nine-month well visit. At this exam her pediatrician, Dr. Draker became concerned as he …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In 2004, when Grace was almost five months old, we were at my parents house preparing for my brother’s wedding. While changing Grace on the bed under the light, I noticed her left pupil did not look right. It looked almost translucent, rather …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Zsolt Daniel and his wife, Mariateresa, were living in Caracas, Venezuela when Covid-19 began to spread across the globe. They had many concerns about the welfare of their friends and family with the pandemic but were especially concerned about the health of their …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma Asher was only 13 weeks old when he was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma. In his first few weeks we knew he had visual issues, we knew there was something else going on we couldn’t put our finger on, he had other health …
The KnowTheGlow Team has recently had the pleasure of speaking with Rachel Strother. We first discovered Rachel from the documentary, “Pick of the Litter.” This fantastic documentary showcased the wonderful and rigorous world of training and matching guide dogs to their permanent homes through the …
Diagnosis: Unilateral Retinoblastoma When Andreina Ramos received her son Alonzo’s Retinoblastoma diagnosis, she was both devastated and extremely caught off guard. Neither she nor her husband had any cancer in their family histories. When Alonzo was just two years old, his mother noticed a strange …
