Article from the Sneeker Nieuwsblad
It seemed as though their little daughter, Eline Julia, was squinting a bit, but they didn’t stop to think that it might be a rare disease. Every child squints a little sometimes; that’s not necessarily a cause for concern.
Pay close attention if your child is squinting
Marcel and Lindsey van der Schaaf from Sneek didn’t realize it themselves, and neither did the child health clinic. Now, six months later, the 21-month-old girl is missing her left eye, and they’re fighting to save her right eye with chemotherapy.
Three-year-old Eline Julia from Sneek loses her left eye to a rare form of childhood cancer: “Pay close attention if your child squints”
The Sneeker Nieuwsblad published an interview with Eline Julia’s parents, Marcel and Lindsey van der Schaaf. You can read the article “Toddler Eline Julia from Sneek Loses Her Left Eye to a Rare Form of Childhood Cancer: ‘Pay Close Attention If Your Child Squints’” on the Sneeker Nieuwsblad website.
