He took a picture of his daughter, detected something strange in his eyes and saved his life miraculously.

April 23, 2019

Gracie was only two years old when her mother realized that something was wrong with her and that the diagnosis was worse than she had imagined.

Everything happened thanks to a photo. Elly Smith, from Oregon, USA, portrays her little Gracie, just two years old, and noticed that one of his eyes had a strange glow. Since she had already noticed that her daughter was uncomfortable, she decided to consult the pediatrician, who referred her to an ophthalmologist.

When the professional saw the girl, she knew something was wrong. That's when, thanks to a series of studies, the minor was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, the most common eye cancer in children. Little Gracie had several tumors in her eye, so They had to remove the organ.

That's as well as June 1, 2016, she went into the operating room and two weeks later she was ready to start chemotherapy. At three months, he received a prosthesis.

"Gracie has accepted the whole process, he has a lot of resilience and when they give you an ocular prosthesis, they give you the opportunity to choose something to put on the top and know what is the top part. opted for a horse, "the mother told the foreign media. Finally, three years after the start of treatment, the little one is completely cured and without cancer.

Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the eye that starts in the retina. According to the Mayo Clinic, it affects young children more often, although it can rarely develop in adults. Retinoblastoma appearing in the first years of life, the symptoms are rare. Among these, the pupil presents a white color when a light illuminates the eye (for example, during a flash shooting); an eye that seems to look in a different direction from that of the other; redness or swelling of the visual organ.

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