{"id":6315,"date":"2025-05-09T11:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/bibliotheek\/sanne-is-making-her-dreams-come-true\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:13:59","slug":"sanne-is-making-her-dreams-come-true","status":"publish","type":"library_pt","link":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/library\/personal-stories\/sanne-is-making-her-dreams-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanne is making her dreams come true"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-09T11:36:30+02:00\">09 May 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through a course of radiation therapy in Germany, they were able to remove the tumor in both eyes. However, this resulted in 5% vision in my right eye and 1% in my left eye.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all the eye exams over the past few years, my vision has remained the same, and I don\u2019t know any different. My parents have always said, \u201cWe\u2019ll try everything, and if that doesn\u2019t work, we\u2019ll look for a suitable solution.\u201d That\u2019s what has brought me to where I am today.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3018\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-1000x1333.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-535x713.jpeg 535w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-360x480.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-270x360.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-124x165.jpeg 124w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-55x73.jpeg 55w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-817x1089.jpeg 817w, https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started competitive swimming at a young age, and what began as a hobby eventually led me to compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where I had the opportunity to swim in the finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After my career in elite sports, I pursued another dream: studying Hotel and Event Management, which included international experiences such as an internship in Cura\u00e7ao and completing my minor in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been over a year since I graduated, and with my associate\u2019s degree in hand, I\u2019m currently working full-time as an event planner at a hotel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retinoblastoma hasn&#8217;t stopped me from pursuing my goals and dreams. That&#8217;s exactly what I want to share with everyone. Don&#8217;t let anything hold you back\u2014go for it. There will always be a way to make your dreams and goals come true.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Sanne, and I&#8217;m 23 years old. When I was just a few months old, my parents quickly noticed that I was cross-eyed. At about 11 months, I was diagnosed with retinoblastoma.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6317,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_daextauttol_enable_tooltips":""},"library_cat":[113,123],"class_list":["post-6315","library_pt","type-library_pt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_cat-personal-stories","library_cat-retinoblastoma"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_pt\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_pt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library_pt"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_cat?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}