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by Emily Zieroth (Illustrator), Taline Dorna (Author)
A family's journey of how an incredible young boy's cancer diagnosis leads to bravery, self discovery, and a new extraordinary eye!
An illustrated children's story written to aid patients, and help their siblings understand retinoblastoma from diagnosis, to enucleation, to living with an ocular prosthesis.
Join this family as they learn of a child's cancer diagnosis at the doctors office, treatment at the hospital, and acceptance of a new prosthesis at home.
Meet all the wonderful doctors, ophthalmologists, nurses and ocularists that help out along the way.
About the AuthorTaline Dorna is an elementary school teacher, proud mom of 3, wife, and a published author. Her journey started when her son was diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma at the young age of 5 months old; a very rare eye cancer. She searched high and low for story books that feature a child with a prosthetic eye and they were few and far between. As a result, she decided to write a children's story book that could be used in a classroom setting as a social story to introduce childhood cancer and unique qualities. Her aim was also to help aide newly diagnosed patients, as well as a way to spread general awareness about retinoblastoma while most importantly, instilling confidence in children alike.
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