Houston toddler triumphs over rare eye cancer, starts kindergarte

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A local family is sharing their painful journey during this childhood cancer awareness month.

Pediatric Oncologist Dr. Frank Lin explains the first mission was to calm down swelling.

"For Macy, it was critical she follow up with our clinical geneticist and then the identification of services that can help her survive and thrive as a child, so even without the add-on of the challenges of chemotherapy and in some cases, radiation therapy, she still had a lot to do and obviously her parents were very involved and did a lot on her behalf and they've made giant strides," says Dr. Lin.

A prosthetic eye sure doesn't slow down Macy. She still gets to do all the things she enjoys, like swimming.Houston woman gets married at Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Katy, where father is being treated

 

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