Retinoblastoma

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Shane was born in Los Angeles, CA on October 25th, 2000.   He was five weeks early and stayed in the NICU for five days. When his parents, Dawn and Joe, brought Shane home, they noticed that he appeared to be uncomfortable. After multiple …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Yesenia will tell you that her son, Gabriel, is her favorite superhero.   Gabriel was born a very healthy little boy. For the first year of his life, Yesenia and her husband had no concerns about his physical well-being.  However, just a few months …

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: 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: 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: Retinoblastoma Laura and her husband had concerns when their first child was born.  Laura’s husband, Dennis had battled Bilateral Retinoblastoma as an infant.  He was told that it was possible to pass this cancer along to his children.  Their firstborn, a little boy, was born …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Kelli worked as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant for a few years before and during her pregnancy with her second child.  At the time, Kelli would tell you her path to this career was unconventional.  But now, she believes it was a “God thing” that …