Luna is a force of nature. She has always been the toughest little girl ever. She loves to play with her brother and sister and loves to sing and dance. She loves anything that has to do with music. She is a real grandma and grandpa’s girl. Luna means moon in Spanish and I believe that her name describes her perfectly.
In July of 2018, Luna was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma. Luna’s dad and I both worked full time so family would watch our Luna while we both worked. One day grandma asked if we had noticed something weird with her left eye…it wasn’t focusing like the right eye. We had never noticed anything but we kept an eye on it. One day we noticed it and we called her pediatrician right away. The told us to call her eye doctor and they asked for us to come back to have her eyes dilated for more testing. When they did the exam they suggested seeing a specialist. While we waited to get an appointment with the specialist, Luna had an MRI done. Shortly after, she was transferred to OKC and diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma.
She started treatment right away. Luna is doing 6 months of systemic chemotherapy and she had her left eye removed. There was no saving it. She had lost eyesight in that eye and we had no idea. When her eye was removed we saw no difference in her activity. She played and did everything the same. That eye was doing no good for her. We are now getting ready for her 5th rounf of chemo and her prosthetic eye this next OKC visit. Hopefully we will be done with chemo in December. We travel as a family and brother goes when it’s okay to miss school. My 4 year old daughter was supposed to start pre k in August. She will be starting in Jan after Luna’s chemo days are done.
Cancer has changed many things about our family life. We are more united as a family and are more grateful for the little things and the really good days. We’ve always been close but this has brought us even closer. Not only does she have cancer, the whole family has cancer and we are fighting it together.
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