vendredi 17 mars 2017
Dad Discovers Son's Fatal Cancer Thanks to "White Flicker" in His Eye
Owen Scrivens knew something was wrong with his 1-year-old son, Jaxson, when he discovered a "white flicker" on the baby's right eye in a photo. As it turns out, Owen may have saved his son's life, as doctors confirmed his and Jaxson's mom's worst fear: Jaxson had retinoblastoma, a cancer of the eye.
"The news was deafening," Owen told Yahoo News. "We were given a choice between chemotherapy or removal of Jaxson's eye. We had no idea something so serious could be spotted in a harmless flash photo."
However, because of Owen's quick action, Jaxson's cancer was detected early and his tumor has already shrunk to a third of its original size since beginning treatments in December 2016. He only has a few more rounds to go, but that doesn't mean the little boy hasn't had his fair share of trails and tribulations since his dad's fatal discovery.
"Chemotherapy has made me lose my hair, made me sick, tired, weak, and everything I eat tastes like metal, though now I have a lot of meds to try and control the sickness," reads a statement from Owen's perspective on the family's GoFundMe page. "The side effects make me a very grizzly boy. . . . I've spent weeks in hospital so far. It's been difficult for mum and dad to lead a normal life with all of these things happening, but they want nothing more than for me to beat this!"
Owen hopes that Jaxson's story will spread so that other parents can be alerted to the signs of this type of cancer. "[We want] people to know how easy it is to look, and how serious it can be if ignored," he said. "There are people who have it a lot worse than Jaxson, and sadly, it's usually because it's ignored."
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