Stories To Inspire Us All
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma There are times that Ryder’s mom, Andrea, believes his adorable little shirt, “Born to be Wild,” perfectly describes Ryder’s energy level as a busy, bustling two year old! But all of us at KTG believe it should actually read “Born to be a Fighter,” …
Diagnosis: Coats’ Disease “Nadine, Violet has no pupil!” were the words shouted from the living room by my husband, and that was the beginning of our journey. As I ran in to the living room the lamp was shining on to Violet’s face. There was hardly …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma Time and again we hear how “motherly intuition” led families to diagnosis. Once again, this is the case in baby Conor’s story. Conor was just seven months old, October 2016, the first time his mother Julie realized something may be wrong. Conor looked at her and …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma It was mid-April and I was coming from my mom’s house. As I got the kids out of the car, my then 2 year old son, Caiden, was walking in front me and he was singing a song. He paused mid-sentence and turned …
Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma In the spring of 2016, Know The Glow shared a very inspirational story about two amazing “warriors”, Darlene Sutton and her granddaughter Lizzie. Darlene and Lizzie were simultaneously fighting two different battles against cancer. We are very pleased to share with you an update …
Diagnosis: Bilateral Retinoblastoma On May 10, 2017, Kristina Luna gave birth to a perfectly healthy little girl she named Arielle. Arielle passed all the wellness exams in the hospital and was sent home a few days later. When Arielle was about a week old she started …
Diagnosis: Amblyopia A couple months prior to Chipper’s third birthday we noticed that he would occasionally turn his left eye inward. At first, we thought he was just being silly. This prompted us to look back through his pictures and we were shocked to find several pictures …
Diagnosis: Coloboma Zach & Kati Simmons were sitting in the pediatrician’s clinic with their then four-day old baby girl, River Laine, waiting for her discharge appointment. River was finally bright-eyed and looked up at the florescent lights – Kati was surprised at what she saw. She …
Diagnosis: Coats Disease For a couple months, Mike and I had been noticing that Jack’s right eye was lazy at times. When I took Jack and one of his sisters to the pediatrician for a physical at the beginning of June 2015, the pediatrician didn’t see …
Diagnosis: Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) Emily started to notice something may be wrong with her son just weeks after his birth. Dezmond “Dez” was only six weeks old when they noticed both of his eyes were shaking continuously. Alarmed, Emily took him to see his pediatrician. …
