The Parent Nobody Wants to Become: Junior's First Year with Retinoblastoma

In September 2023, three-year-old Junior was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma, a rare childhood eye cancer.What began as a small glow in a photograph and a wandering eye soon became a journey through hospitals, scans, surgery, chemotherapy, and the unknown.The Parent Nobody Wants to Become is a raw and honest memoir of a family's first year navigating childhood cancer. Told through the eyes of a parent, it follows the moments that changed everything-from the search for answers and the devastating diagnosis to treatment, recovery, and learning how to live again.Alongside the fear and uncertainty are moments of hope, resilience, humour, and love. It is a story about family, survival, and a little boy who refused to let cancer define him.Written to raise awareness of Retinoblastoma and childhood cancer, this book offers an honest account of the reality many families face, while celebrating the courage of children who fight battles they never chose.Because sometimes the smallest warriors leave the biggest impact."The bee took an eye, but it never took the boy."

Pagina's: 159, Paperback, Independently published