Olivia Pierce age 7
BILATERAL RETINOBLASTOMA
One of the joys of parenthood is taking countless
pictures of your children. But Olivia’s mother
noticed something odd in several of Olivia’s baby
photos and suspected something was wrong.
At three months, Olivia was sent to Riley Hospital for Children, where she was
diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma, malignant tumors affecting both her
eyes. Chemotherapy shrunk the tumors in Olivia’s right eye; however, doctors
were forced to remove her left eye.
Olivia has endured more than 30 surgeries to re