Retinoblastoma

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma It was Christmas Eve 2008; Aiden had just celebrated his 3rd birthday two weeks prior. Tim, Aiden’s father, was reading the newspaper and came across an article on Retinoblastoma and how a young child had been diagnosed by having the “white-eye reflection” picked up in …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma When Hadley was born, her mom and dad noticed some issues with the color of her right eye. Concerned, they mentioned it to their pediatrician who reassured them it was nothing to worry about. Over time, however, the issue seemed to be getting worse. …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In the days leading up to Lizzie’s three-month checkup, her mother, Sarah, began to have concerns over what appeared to be a lazy eye. Sarah felt even though Lizzie was a newborn, her eye should have been tracking better than it was. Sarah also …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma When Levi was just about 2 1/2 years old he had what was thought to be a typical toddler accident. This accident was not so typical—it may have saved his life!  One day in June 2015, Levi accidentally ran into the side of a table …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma On Baron’s three month birthday, when he was 92-days-old the Yerby family was changed forever. Baron went to his pediatrician for his two month well-baby check up. In the week prior to his check up his Mom and Dad, Casey and Johnathan, noticed that …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Early in 2014, a spot started to appear in young Justin’s eye. At first, this spot was not in flash photography, but visible every so often just looking at him when light would hit his eye in a certain direction. Kelly and her husband …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Starting in March 2015, we noticed an odd reflection in Clayton’s right eye. We never noticed “The Glow” in pictures because I rarely use a flash when taking photos. However, the reflection I noticed concerned me, so on Wednesday June 17, 2015 I took …

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: 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 …