Stories To Inspire Us All
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease My son, Isaiah, was diagnosed with Coats’ Disease in his left eye when he was 5-years-old. It all started with a picture taken from my best friend’s cell phone camera. She took a picture of Isaiah and her daughter, and she showed me …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma A few short weeks ago, Ayden’s mother, Kristin, felt concerned with the odd coloring of Ayden’s right eye. The difference in coloring only revealed itself in some lighting. At two-years-old his eyes were tracking together appropriately and no issues were identified at the doctor’s …
Diagnosis: FEVR Stanley was born on May 15, 2014. He was a very healthy little boy, but had some “quirky” behaviors that meant nothing at the time to his mother, Jessica. But looking back, Jessica realizes these may have been signs of the vision issues that …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In July of 2014, my son, Payton was standing in my laundry room. He turned his head to the side and I noticed a glow in his right eye. I immediately had a bad feeling about it. I thought back to a story I …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Alex Muñoz, Jaden’s mother, noticed a strange “Glow” in photos from the time he was just a baby. She took many photos of him using a disposable camera with a flash, as it was before digital photography was popular. Time and again, Alex saw …
Diagnosis: Anisometropic Amblyopia When Collin was four (April 2015) we took the trip of a lifetime, to Disneyworld! He was such a big boy and rode every single roller coaster at all the parks. We stayed at a rental house with some family friends. Towards the …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Congenital Cataracts Mercy Grace’s family has a long history of vision issues, mainly Bilateral Congenital Cataracts. At the time of her birth, her mother, Jessica, and her doctors were very concerned that Mercy may also have a condition to address. They watched her very …
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease & Neovascular Glaucoma When Shannon was just two years old, her mother Rosemary started to notice that her eye was drifting. Rosemary was concerned enough to bring Shannon to an ophthalmologist for a thorough exam. The ophthalmologist discovered Shannon had 20/200 vision in that …
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease When Hunter was 4 months old, his granny took a flash photo of him. She noticed his right eye had a normal “red eye” that is common in a lot of pictures, but his left eye pupil had a yellowish-white glow. Granny knew …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma It began with some very small indicators that something was not quite right. A bit delayed smiling, habit of resting his fingers on his eyes as soon as he had control of his hands, not reaching out for things. However, it wasn’t until we …
