![]() After a "rollercoaster" couple of months, the 33-year-old is now urging parents to "know the glow" as awareness of this tell-tale sign could save a child's sight - and ultimately their life.įootage of Cillian in September reveals a faint white reflection in his eye while photos taken of him just three months later using flash show an unmistakable circular glow covering his pupil. READ MORE : Woman who 'won £60k EuroMillions jackpot' only receives £20k pay-outĭespite undergoing gruelling treatment, social worker Leonnie says the happy-go-lucky tot is doing so with a constant smile on his face. Little Cillian has lost vision in his left eye as a result of the tumour growing on his optic nerve and is now having targeted chemotherapy in order to shrink it. But in October it started to become more prominent and like he had a "cat's eye" so she and 36-year-old fiancé Gary Coyles sought medical advice.Īfter undergoing several tests, Cillian's parents were stunned when he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare type of eye cancer that commonly affects young children. Leonnie Ord said she started noticing a glow over her one-year-old son Cillian Coyles' left pupil in August but as it would come and go she just thought it was the light's reflection. ![]() ![]() A mum revealed how pictures of her happy, smiling tot hinted at a potentially-deadly secret after a white "glow" turned out to be cancer.
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