Ada was 4 years old and playing one day when we noticed a strange reflection in her eye almost like a cat’s eye – just for a split second. Over the next few weeks we started to see it more frequently and took her to get it checked out. The GP dismissed it as probably nothing serious and we waited for a referral to an ophthalmologist.The day you hear a doctor say the word “cancer” shatters your world. Our little girl was diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma, an advanced tumour in her right eye and the treatment wasn’t available in Ireland.We would need to travel to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for Ada’s treatment and that’s when we were told to phone John at The Gavin Glynn Foundation.Over the past 9 months we’ve made 11 trips to Birmingham Children’s Hospital where Ada has undergone two different types of chemotherapy, laser therapy, cryotherapy, genetic testing and multiple vision tests.Ada’s treatment is going really well but we’ll need to continue to travel to Birmingham for some time. The Gavin Glynn Foundation has been the most amazing support to us through it all. From the moment we first contacted John, they took the worry of organising the travel, logistics and how we would pay for it all off our shoulders.The Aer Lingus staff that volunteer their free time to help us through the airport have also made such a huge difference. We will be forever grateful to the Gavin Glynn Foundation for everything they have done for us and for all of the other superhero children like Ada that they support
