Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma is vital to save a child’s life and sight with minimally invasive therapies. But achieving early diagnosis is neither simple nor easy. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, explores various routes to awareness and diagnosis, and how they can impact patient care.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/A4Pposter.jpg33722623Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-09-28 08:00:532026-09-28 08:01:39How Do We Achieve Early Diagnosis of Retinoblastoma?
Childhood eye cancer affects the whole family, often throughout life. Children often carry many worries alone, with potentially negative impacts on their wellbeing and development. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, and Child Life Specialist, Morgan Livingstone, highlight why early, ongoing family support is vital, and introduce the wonderful Worry Eaters who are hungry to help children thrive.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Worry-Eaters-Flint.jpg667940Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-09-14 08:00:062026-03-09 13:46:42When Worries Feel Too Big: How Worry Eaters Help Children Carry Less Through Cancer Care
For twenty years, one little girl has inspired a global movement of advocacy and hope for children with retinoblastoma, survivors, families, and all who walk beside them. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, reflects on carrying Rati’s legacy. She explores the joy, burden, and enduring purpose of sustaining hope while caring for others.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Rati-RMH-Thumbs-Up.jpg10001500Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-08-31 08:00:282026-08-30 23:42:02Twenty Years of Rati’s Legacy: The Light and Weight of Carrying Hope
Child life can profoundly impact a child’s experience of retinoblastoma, and their quality of life. However, many children treated at specialist retinoblastoma centres lack child life support, and their parents feel unsupported, compared with other cancer patients. Abby White explores the challenges and ways to overcome them.
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Breastfeeding is one of the many decisions parents navigate when their baby or toddler has retinoblastoma. Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, explores the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding through treatment, with practical tips for continuing or re-starting breastfeeding, weaning after diagnosis, maintaining milk supply, and comfort supports for both mother and child.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mother-Breastfeeding-Baby.jpg16672500Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-08-03 08:00:422026-08-03 08:00:52Breastfeeding When Your Child Has Retinoblastoma
Children affected by retinoblastoma carry emotional experiences that quietly shape how they see themselves. Thoughtful guidance can transform potential challenges into opportunities for growth and self-belief. Child Life Specialist Morgan Livingstone and WE C Hope CEO Abby White introduce personal story books as a creative, nurturing way to help children explore identity, build self-esteem, and celebrate who they are.
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July 11, World Population Day, focuses attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. Helen Dimaras PhD considers the effect of our expanding global population on the expected numbers of children who will develop eye cancer each year, and the provision of effective care to meet their needs.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSCN2286.jpg627976Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-07-06 08:00:342026-07-06 08:00:38Challenging the Global Retinoblastoma Burden on World Population Day
Sleep is vital to a child’s healthy development, and there are many simple, practical ways parents and caregivers can support healthful sleep. But what happens when stress and traumatic experiences affect a child’s sleep? Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, offers practical trauma-informed sleep supports to aid children’s coping and restorative sleep.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bekah-First-Cryo-edited.jpg495640Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-06-22 08:00:202026-06-22 08:01:33Trauma-Informed Sleep Supports: How to Help Your Child When Traditional Sleep Supports Are Not Enough
Retinoblastoma is highly curable, but lifelong impacts are significant for survivors, siblings, parents and extended family. After a particularly painful personal insight, Rb survivor and WE C Hope CEO Abby White asked families and survivors about their own experiences of life beyond childhood eye cancer care.
Siblings of children with retinoblastoma often experience big fears, worries and emotions when their brother or sister is first diagnosed, during treatment, and beyond. Early Years Educator and Child Life Intern Keanna Gordon explores childhood eye cancer from the sibling’s perspective, and how parents can best support their wellbeing.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mother-and-Child.jpg10002000Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-05-25 08:00:572026-05-25 08:04:13How To Support Siblings of Children With Retinoblastoma
How Do We Achieve Early Diagnosis of Retinoblastoma?
Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma is vital to save a child’s life and sight with minimally invasive therapies. But achieving early diagnosis is neither simple nor easy. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, explores various routes to awareness and diagnosis, and how they can impact patient care.
When Worries Feel Too Big: How Worry Eaters Help Children Carry Less Through Cancer Care
Childhood eye cancer affects the whole family, often throughout life. Children often carry many worries alone, with potentially negative impacts on their wellbeing and development. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, and Child Life Specialist, Morgan Livingstone, highlight why early, ongoing family support is vital, and introduce the wonderful Worry Eaters who are hungry to help children thrive.
Twenty Years of Rati’s Legacy: The Light and Weight of Carrying Hope
For twenty years, one little girl has inspired a global movement of advocacy and hope for children with retinoblastoma, survivors, families, and all who walk beside them. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, reflects on carrying Rati’s legacy. She explores the joy, burden, and enduring purpose of sustaining hope while caring for others.
Child Life in Retinoblastoma Care
Child life can profoundly impact a child’s experience of retinoblastoma, and their quality of life. However, many children treated at specialist retinoblastoma centres lack child life support, and their parents feel unsupported, compared with other cancer patients. Abby White explores the challenges and ways to overcome them.
Breastfeeding When Your Child Has Retinoblastoma
Breastfeeding is one of the many decisions parents navigate when their baby or toddler has retinoblastoma. Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, explores the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding through treatment, with practical tips for continuing or re-starting breastfeeding, weaning after diagnosis, maintaining milk supply, and comfort supports for both mother and child.
Personal Story Books: Empower Your Child to Celebrate Who They Are
Children affected by retinoblastoma carry emotional experiences that quietly shape how they see themselves. Thoughtful guidance can transform potential challenges into opportunities for growth and self-belief. Child Life Specialist Morgan Livingstone and WE C Hope CEO Abby White introduce personal story books as a creative, nurturing way to help children explore identity, build self-esteem, and celebrate who they are.
Challenging the Global Retinoblastoma Burden on World Population Day
July 11, World Population Day, focuses attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. Helen Dimaras PhD considers the effect of our expanding global population on the expected numbers of children who will develop eye cancer each year, and the provision of effective care to meet their needs.
Trauma-Informed Sleep Supports: How to Help Your Child When Traditional Sleep Supports Are Not Enough
Sleep is vital to a child’s healthy development, and there are many simple, practical ways parents and caregivers can support healthful sleep. But what happens when stress and traumatic experiences affect a child’s sleep? Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, offers practical trauma-informed sleep supports to aid children’s coping and restorative sleep.
When Survivors Grow Up: Family Experiences After Retinoblastoma
Retinoblastoma is highly curable, but lifelong impacts are significant for survivors, siblings, parents and extended family. After a particularly painful personal insight, Rb survivor and WE C Hope CEO Abby White asked families and survivors about their own experiences of life beyond childhood eye cancer care.
How To Support Siblings of Children With Retinoblastoma
Siblings of children with retinoblastoma often experience big fears, worries and emotions when their brother or sister is first diagnosed, during treatment, and beyond. Early Years Educator and Child Life Intern Keanna Gordon explores childhood eye cancer from the sibling’s perspective, and how parents can best support their wellbeing.