The Cancer Battle Fuelling a Perth Mum’s Fundraising Mission The diagnosis of retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer affecting one in 15,000 births in Western Australia each year, is a stark reminder of childhood illnesses' unpredictable nature.
For Emily Cross, whose one year old son Peter was diagnosed with the disease, the experience has been harrowing.
At first, the symptoms were subtle – a white reflection in Peter's eye that his mother couldn't shake off as anything more than a minor concern.