Kids We Support
Vaishali Pawar
Year of Birth: 2012
Vaishali is from Maharashtra. In March 2018, Vaishali was presented to us with extraocular RB. She, so far received 6 cycles of Chemotherapy and laser. Tumor activity regressed. She has no vision in the right eye and has good vision in the left eye. Further treatment will be planned depending on the response to ongoing treatment.
Yeshaswini R
Month and Year of Birth: March 2016
Yeshaswini is from Ramanagara. The parents noticed a white reflex in her left eye 8 in October 2017 and she was diagnosed with unilateral RB. Her left eye had been enucleated immediately due to advanced tumor and COP was done.
Shlok
Month and Year of Birth: August 2018
His father noticed a white reflex in the child's eye in May 2018. They came to CFS in June 2018. So far, he received 6 cycles of Chemotherapy and laser. Tumor regressed and further treatment will be planned as per his progress.
Karan Danane
Month and Year of Birth: June 2017
He was diagnosed with bi-lateral RB when he was 9 months old. He received 5 cycles of Chemotherapy and was recovering well. For unknown reasons to Iksha and the treating doctors, they did not continue the treatment.
Hope he is receiving treatment somewhere and doing good.
Ansh
Month and Year of Birth: May 2018
Ansh is from Uttar Pradesh. The mother noticed a glow in his right eye when he was only 15 days old. They consulted a local doctor who referred them to a hospital in Kanpur. After the initial diagnosis, they have referred them to CFS for further diagnosis and treatment. He was diagnosed with bilateral RB. He so far received 6 cycles of Chemotherapy and Laser, but the tumor is still active. He would need a few more Chemos to treat the same.
Nikhil
Month and Year of Birth: February 2018
A pediatrician noticed an abnormality in the right of the child in May 2018 during a regular checkup. He was diagnosed with bilateral RB. He so far received 8 cycles of Chemotherapy and 2 Laser. The tumor in left eye regressed but the tumor in the right eye is still active. He would need a few more cycles of Chemotherapy to treat the tumor.
Agnesh
Month and Year of Birth: December 2014
His parents noticed a white reflex in his left eye in May 2018. In August 2018, he was diagnosed with unilateral RB. His left eye had been enucleated post 6 cycles of Chemotherapy and COP was done. He has good right eye vision and is now on 3 months follow-up schedule to ensure Cancer does not resurface.
Sandhya
Month and Year of Birth: December 2003
Sandhya is one of the rare RB children, we have seen. She was in 9th standard when she was diagnosed with RB in January 2018. Her parents noticed squint and consulted an eye specialist. She was diagnosed with unilateral RB and her right eye had been enucleated immediately. COP was done. She has good left eye vision and doing good in her academics.
Vedika
Month and Year of Birth: July 2013
Vedika is from Maharashtra. Her parents noticed a white spot and glow in dark in child's right in July 2017. She was diagnosed with Unilateral RB. She received 6 cycles of chemotherapy and tumor regressed. she is receiving laser for every 3 months and recovering well. She has no vision in the right eye but has good vision in the left eye.
She is attending school, doing good in her academics and an active participant in sports.
Ajay
Month and Year of Birth: January 2013
Ajay is from Gansi, Karnataka. In March 2018, the parents noticed a white reflex in his left eye. He was diagnosed with unilateral RB. His left eye had been enucleated immediately and COP was done. He has a good right eye vision and doing good.
Chintan
Month and Year of Birth: August 2015
Chintan is from Gujarat. The mother noticed a white reflex in his right eye when he was few months baby, but family ignored it as they were not aware of the seriousness. On the insistence of mother, they consulted a doctor in Rajkot. He was diagnosed with unilateral RB. He has been receiving treatment at CFS for the past two years. He received 22 cycles of chemotherapy and laser due to frequent re-occurrence of the tumor. He has limited vision in the right eye and good vision in the left eye. He is doing good and is stable.
We appreciate the fighting spirit of the family and wish him a speedy recovery.
Shourya
Month and Year of Birth: July 2017
Shourya is from Mysore. He was only 3 months old when one of his relatives noticed white reflex in a picture and was diagnosed with bilateral RB. He, so far received 6 cycles of Chemotherapy and laser and continuing the treatment.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
Kaveri
Month and Year of Birth: December 2013
The parents noticed a white reflex in the child's left eye in September 2018. On consultation of an eye specialist, MRI was done and she was diagnosed with unilateral RB. In October she was presented to us with extraocular RB. She, so far received 5 cycles of Chemotherapy. She might eventually undergo enucleation post 6 cycles of Chemo due to the advanced stage of the tumor.
Siddu
Month and Year of Birth: August 2016
Siddu is from Mysore. He was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma in Nov 2017 in Mysore and was sent to Narayana Netralaya, Bangalore for treatment. His right eye had been enucleated post 6 cycles of Chemotherapy. He further received 2 cycles of Chemotherapy and laser for the left eye. He has limited vision in the left eye and recovering well.
Arush
Month and Year of Birth: April 2017
His parents noticed a white reflex in his left eye in February 2019. He was diagnosed with Bilateral RB and was sent to Narayana Netralaya for treatment. So far, He received 3 cycles of Chemotherapy. Further treatment will be planed depending on his response to the treatment post 6 Cycles of chemotherapy.
