One of the worst things about cancer is that victims often do not show symptoms until it is too late to cure them. That’s why it’s so amazing that thanks to one observant photographer, this little girl now has a chance to beat cancer!

During a family trip to Tenerife, seven month-old Presley Marshall was photographed by a photographer named Alessia. When the photographer was looking over the images, she noticed a white glow in little Presley’s right eye, which looked completely different from her left eye. Alessia already had knowledge of retinoblastoma, so she knew this was a huge sign of cancer.

“Darren had been working away over Christmas which is why we had decided to book a last minute holiday in January,” said Presley’s mom, Sophie. “When we were at the hotel we had asked the photographer to get some pictures of the kids. It was on the second last day when we went to collect the photos and she pulled us aside. She told me to have a look at her eye. I just thought it was something like camera red eye and asked if she could just do something to make it right. But she told us that it should never be white and to take her to the doctor and get her checked out.”

When Presley’s family got home to Jarrow, South Tyneside, they immediately took her to the doctor. Had Alessia not noticed Presley’s symptoms, her family likely would not have caught the cancer until it was too late.

“As soon as we got off the plane we took her to the hospital and we were told it was really serious,” Sophie recalled. “There was a white ball in her right eye. It was terrible being told she had it. Then we had to wait to find out how serious it was. It was categorized as Grade B – E being the lowest, so we caught it really early.”

Presley has since been cured of her cancer after undergoing chemotherapy. Her family was so grateful to Alessia that they returned to Tenerife to see her!

“We owe this lady everything,” Sophie said. “The ball was sitting on top of the optical nerve. Presley had not shown any signs of being unwell and she wouldn’t have had her eyes tested until she was four. If it hadn’t have been picked up, she may have lost her eye. This lady has saved her eye and saved her sight.”

Presley is now two years-old, and she’s completely cancer free!

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