After losing her own eye to cancer as a youngster, a schoolgirl says she
can't wait to show off her new sparkling, pink prosthetic eye when classes
resume next week.
When Daisy Passfield, now eight, was barely 14 months old, doctors in
Hertfordshire discovered a grade D tumor in her retina.
The toddler had chemotherapy to reduce the tumor, but two months later, it
started to grow again, necessitating the entire removal of her right eye by
medical professionals.
A few months later, Daisy had a four-hour treatment; her family had thought
a modern method to dissolve the tumor would be effective, but it didn't, and
they decided to remove Daisy's eye out of concern that it might
spread.
Eight-year-old Daisy Passfield of Hertfordshire was given a prosthetic eye
at the age of two after undergoing surgery to remove her own eye at the age
of two due to a grade D retinal tumor.
The student claims that instead of keeping her previous blue prosthesis,
she wanted to acquire a more beautiful pink one that sparkles more.
The eight-year-old first selected a blue prosthetic eye, but this year she
made the decision to glam up her appearance.
The self-assured adolescent shocked her family and physicians by requesting
a replacement eye in her preferred shade of pink glitter.
To Daisy's joy, she is now delighted to display her "superhero" eye, which
friends claim resembles a unicorn or a dragon.
Daisy, a resident of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, expressed her joy at
having a pink glittery eye that everyone can see. I can't wait to show off
my glittery eye to the entire school.
"I believe they will adore it just as much as I do. Everyone I've talked to
has complimented it on how gorgeous it is.
She claims that her new eye has already been compared to "superhero eyes,
dragon eyes, and unicorn eyes" by admirers, and she adds, "I enjoy all those
things."
Daisy's mother, Alysia Passfield, 30, described the process of receiving a
diagnosis for her daughter's ailment as "difficult."
Alysia said that when seeing a photo of Daisy, she saw there was a problem.
"I noticed from a snapshot - she had a white light in her eye and her eye
had a gloss over it," she said.
The most typical signs are a squint and a white glow in the pupil or eye in
low light or when a photo is taken with a flash.
In October 2015, she received a retinoblastoma diagnosis, an uncommon and
severe kind of eye cancer that mostly affects infants and young children
under the age of six.
When given a diagnosis, Alysia expressed her "relief," adding, "I felt
there was something wrong."
I was obviously unhappy and a little taken aback. Daisy underwent six
rounds of chemotherapy in an effort to reduce the tumor, and she handled it
with ease. Daisy was completely well.
Daisy began intra arterial chemotherapy, a more recent method intended to
decrease the tumor, after suffering a regrettable return two months after
finishing her chemotherapy.
A novel technique called intra arterial chemotherapy delivers chemotherapy
chemicals directly to the eye as opposed to dispersing them throughout the
body.
For the procedure, which entailed inserting a catheter via the femoral
artery and into the ophthalmic artery, Daisy received a general
anesthetic.
Once the catheter is in position, the chemotherapy medication is given
through the tube and is able to directly treat the eye tumor or
tumors.
The therapy has divided the tumor into many pieces rather than reducing
it.
By September 2016, we decided to remove her eye since the treatment she had
had divided the tumor into several pieces and we didn't want it to spread,
according to Alysia.
Alysia claimed she was operating on "autopilot" the whole time the
procedure, which lasted around four hours.
Daisy received a blue eye that matched her natural eye color after the
surgery.
On July 28, 22, Daisy received a new eye. Daisy has always loved shiny
objects, makeup, and making herself appear attractive, according to
Alysia.
We arrived at our appointment, and I mentioned to the woman that Daisy had
a different color eye. She responded that they could do that.
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