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The eye of the small child was removed after & # 039; pirate game & # 039; reveals extremely rare cancer
Alice Taylor, 2, was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer shortly after playing a game of pirates with her mother.
(Emily Taylor / Childhood Eye Cancer Trust)Emily Taylor was playing a game of pirates with her 2 year old daughter, Alice, when she realized that the little boy had trouble seeing after putting a patch on his right eye.
For months, the mother knew that her daughter had been scrutinizing her left eye, but there was never any indication that she was going blind. He took her to see a general practitioner, an optician and even the eye department at a local hospital in Poole, England, but the only advice she received was that Alice might have to wear a corrective eye patch.
"We did not think there was anything urgent to worry about," Taylor said recently. explained in a blog post for the Childhood Cancer Trust, a charity based in London.
But Taylor knew something was not right. Then, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
The mother performed several eye tests at home, including playing a game of pirates, to determine how serious her baby's eye really was. He examined Alice and noticed with some light that his eye seemed "almost transparent."
Alice Taylor, now 4 years old, is adapting to her new normality.
(Emily Taylor / Childhood Eye Cancer Trust)"We played a game of pirates, putting a patch on his" good eye "and it was clear that I could not see, at that moment, I got scared and called the hospital to ask if we could see each other before," he said.
Finally, she was taken to the Royal London Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that develops in the retina, in May 2017. On average, only 200-300 children are diagnosed with retinoblastoma each year in the USA . US, According to the American Cancer Society. In the United Kingdom, it is even more rare: approximately 50 to 60 children are diagnosed each year, NHS reports from England.
"They told us that we could take Alice's eye off immediately or try chemotherapy, and there was a 50% chance of saving her," Taylor said, adding that she opted for chemotherapy to try to give her "normal" as she grew up.
"The doctors told us that it was better for Alice to take her eyes off ... You get to the point where you just want the nightmare to end."
After at least eight rounds of chemotherapy, cryotherapy, and laser therapy, the Taylor determined that Alice's condition was not improving. In June, they agreed that it was best to surgically remove all of the diseased eye.
"The doctors told us it was better for Alice to take her eye off. At that time, we had had enough, it was not fair to let it go. For me, enucleation was the worst case, but you get to the point where you just want the nightmare to end. When it happened, it was actually very peaceful, "Taylor said, noting that Alice recovered" quickly "after the operation.
Since then, Alice was ready for an artificial eye, which she describes as her "special eye". His family says he is adapting well.
"Alice has been amazing, she has really put herself in front of her special eye and it does not disconcert her, I thought it would be really remarkable, but it is not at all, the artificial eye is amazing, Alice still has to get checked every three or four months , but finally she can go on with her life and enjoy being a typical sassy and fun-loving girl, "Taylor added.
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