Jake’s Glow Story

Jake’s JourneyJake was quite likely born with retinoblastoma. His mother,Janice, took him to several doctors because Jake’s eyes wouldoften cross as an infant. The pediatricians told her that without abridge on his nose infants often cross their eyes. When he wasstill crawling, he often crashed …

Siddharta’s Glow Story

My name is Siddharta. Siddharta is the childhood name of the Buddhist God Goutam Buddha. My father gave my name after inspiring the life from Goutam Buddha. I was grown up with my family and when I was 3 God blessed with another member of …

Meet Dr. Michael Jones

Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, recently had the opportunity to “join” Dr. Michael Jones on his morning commute to work. Dr. Jones, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Sydney, Australia was driving to visit a patient family in a hospital across town and was excited to hear …

Bridge to Brisbane 2022

Last year, we at KTG shared a story about a then five year old little warrior from Queensland, Australia named Isabelle, who has Retinoblastoma diagnosis (cancer of the retina). Although she is moderately visually impaired, she does not let this disability hold her back in …

Meet KTG Ambassador, Christina Gill

Christina joined our team in January 2022 after her youngest son Eli lost his eye to advanced Coats’ Disease in September 2021. Christina first noticed the glow in Eli’s eye September 1st and learned the many conditions that could be related to the glow from …

Tamara’s Glow Story

Nasa prica je pocela sasvim slucajno, u 03. mjesecu 2022. nas mlađi sin je ozlijedio oko u igri. Kad se smirio htjela sam ga potaknuti da otvori oko pa sam rekla Tamari da mu pokaze kako jedno oko zatvori, a na drugo gleda i da …

Bruce’s Glow Story

KnowTheGlow was delighted to speak with Bruce Horak, an adult RB survivor and an accomplished artist and entertainer who has refused to let anything get in his way! Despite having only 9% of vision in his remaining eye, Bruce has worked in theater for over …

Interview with Dwayne Collins

It is often said that if you want to get something done right, do it yourself. When speaking with Dwayne Collins, a self-taught and internationally renowned ocularist from Australia, it was immediately clear to Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, that Dwayne took this axiom to …

Luca’s Glow Story

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma We first noticed a “cloudiness” in Luca’s right eye in November or December of 2021. He was about 10 months old at the time and has blue eyes, so we thought it had to do with that and really didn’t think anything of …