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Evie’s retinoblastoma story: From diagnosis to now

Evie’s retinoblastoma story: From diagnosis to now

Mum Danielle shares Evie’s retinoblastoma diagnosis story with CHECT for World Sight Day. It was 11th January 2023 and a day like any other day. I was feeding Evie lunch whilst she was watching her favourite presenter ‘Miss Rachel’ at the time when I...
‘Having one eye makes me who I am’

‘Having one eye makes me who I am’

Kate Foster was diagnosed with retinoblastoma as a baby and had her eye removed before her first birthday. Now, 28 years later, she looks back on her journey to achieve her dream of becoming a nurse, so she can support families just like hers… I was 11 months old when...
‘Pirate game revealed my toddler’s eye cancer’

‘Pirate game revealed my toddler’s eye cancer’

Alice Taylor had been going blind in one eye for months without anyone realising. She was diagnosed with retinoblastoma in May 2017, when she was two years old. It was during a game of pirates, when the toddler put an eye patch on over her right eye, that her mum...