Stories To Inspire Us All
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 …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In May last year my partner Ollie first noticed Noah’s eye had an unusual glow/reflection. A few days passed and he kept saying he could see this weird glow but I couldn’t see it from the naked eye like Ollie could. One day it …
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 …
