Eye Fight For Sloane

Sloane was diagnosed in November of 2017 with stage 4 bilateral retinoblastoma, advanced cancer in both of her eyes. She was only 15 months old. Immediately upon diagnosis Sloane underwent further testing which showed us this cancer was caused from a genetic mutation and something that she will live her life with. From November 2017-May 2018, Sloane went through chemotherapy at Riley every 4 weeks. Sloane also underwent multiple treatments including cryotherapy and laser treatments to help shrink the tumors. While her tumors behaved well while she was going through chemo, in June of 2018 the cancer started worsening in her left eye. Last July Sloane had her left eye removed at Riley to keep the cancer from spreading to her brain. While that surgery proved to be no walk in the park, she finally got her new prosthetic eye in November. For the past year Sloane has been in remission, living life as a wild toddler. Four weeks ago Sloane’s cancer relapsed in her right eye. While this was extremely devastating, she had laser therapy done at a Riley on July 2 and we are hopeful this will kill the new tumor. There is a possibility she will need chemo directly into her eye in which we would start traveling to NYC for that treatment. Sloane loves her big sister Audrey, loves gymnastics and dancing, and is one of the funniest kids we know. Her spirit is high and we always say cancer never stood a chance against her.