![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-baby-daughters-eye-had-to-be-removed-after-doctors-mistook-cancer-for-eczema/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_SWNS_EYE_CANCER_006.jpg&description=Katherine O'Neill, from Cheshire, was left heartbroken when her daughter Amelia was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer, which saw the young girl endure six rounds of chemotherapy before having her eye removed A mum has been left devastated after her baby girl had to have her eye removed after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer - despite doctors initially telling her it was eczema. Katherine O'Neill, 42, noticed her daughter Amelia was rubbing her left eye after being born but, after raising concerns, was told not to worry about it. When the tot was six months old, her grandma noticed the eye looked "dead" during dinner and the family called their GP the next morning. Fearing the worst, they were told Amelia could have a cataract or retinoblastoma - a rare eye cancer. One week later at Manchester Children's Hospital she was diagnosed with a Grade E tumour in her left eye. Katherine, a full-time mum, from Winsford, Cheshire, said: "I was first advised by the health visitor to put breast milk on it. There was a noticeable redness on the eyelid, but the eye appeared normal. She had passed her newborn sight check and I was advised the redness could be eczema. "When Amelia was diagnosed. I was devastated. I didn't call my family as I couldn't break down yet as I had a half an hour walk home with the babies. On the walk, two ladies stopped me to make a fuss of the babies and I remember just not being there – It felt so surreal and I couldn't believe what I had been told. Amelia is doing fantastically now. You really wouldn't notice that she only has sight in one eye." It was March 2021 when Amelia's grandma noticed something wasn't right with her granddaughter's eye and the decision was taken to call the GP. Katherine explained: 'Amelia was in her highchair when my mum said, 'What's wrong with Amelia's eye?'. I hadn't noticed anything about the actual eye before, but under the spotlights in the kitchen, you could see that it was protruding and looked kind of){kind=link}
Katherine O’Neill, from Cheshire, was left heartbroken when her daughter Amelia was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer, which saw the young girl endure six rounds of chemotherapy before having her eye removed
A mum has been left devastated after her baby girl had to have her eye removed after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer – despite doctors initially telling her it was eczema.
Katherine O’Neill, 42, noticed her daughter Amelia was rubbing her left eye after being born but, after raising concerns, was told not to worry about it. When the tot was six months old, her grandma noticed the eye looked “dead” during dinner and the family called their GP the next morning.
Fearing the worst, they were told Amelia could have a cataract or retinoblastoma – a rare eye cancer. One week later at Manchester Children’s Hospital she was diagnosed with a Grade E tumour in her left eye.
Katherine, a full-time mum, from Winsford, Cheshire, said: “I was first advised by the health visitor to put breast milk on it. There was a noticeable redness on the eyelid, but the eye appeared normal. She had passed her newborn sight check and I was advised the redness could be eczema.