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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Warrior</strong> | 42<br />
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DARBEE<br />
Age 3 | Neuroblastoma<br />
In the fall of 2016, <strong>Little</strong> <strong>Warrior</strong> Darbee was taken to her local<br />
doctor because of a glow in her left eye. The doctor knew their was<br />
something in her eye but wasn’t quite sure what it was. Darbee was<br />
referred to an eye doctor who was currently out of town, so instead<br />
Darbee’s mom contacted her uncle, who informed her that this was<br />
an urgent matter.Two days later Darbee was seen by Dr. Hoffman at<br />
Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah where she was<br />
diagnosed with Retinoblastoma.<br />
The next couple of days were full of tests, doctor’s appointments and<br />
lots of traveling. It was discovered that Darbee was was stage D, with<br />
no sight in her left eye. The tumor was starting to send seeds into the<br />
eye and it was 1mm away from the optic nerve.<br />
On November 16th, Darbee had her left eye and optic nerve removed.<br />
After further testing they have diagnosed her cancer free!<br />
She was lucky and did not have to go through chemo and radiation.<br />
She will have to have cancer screening every 6 months and fittings for<br />
her prosthetic every 6 months until she stops growing, then it will just<br />
be every year. Darbee’s mom shares, “We are extremely lucky and, as it<br />
is her one year anniversary, we are feeling gratitude for everyone that<br />
helped during this last year.”
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