Retinoblastoma

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Last September, Diana and her husband Bob were thrilled to welcome their second daughter, Holly, into the world.  Holly was born completely healthy, but Diana and Bob were anxious to have Holly’s eyes checked.  Holly’s three year old sister, Hannah, had been diagnosed with …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  “There’s something in her eye.  I don’t know if it’s a tumor or something else, but you need to get this checked out RIGHT AWAY!”…. And that’s what he told me.  He was the doctor, and I thought I WAS getting her checked out. …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  Cancer affected my grandparents, but I never thought that it would be something I would deal with first hand. At Colt’s 15 month checkup, we mentioned to our pediatrician, Dr. Ward, how we thought Colt’s left eye was going inward. Dr. Ward noticed it as …

Diagnosis: Retinoblastoma  When I was eight months old, my parents noticed that my left eye was not tracking with my right eye. They took me to my pediatrician and were told it was just a lazy eye and nothing to worry about. My parents still felt …

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 …