Facebook saves baby's life
Facebook is often a subject of controversy, but the site recently scored a win by helping to save a little girl’s life.
Arizona mother Joanna Murphy was scrolling through her Facebook feed when she spotted an article about a woman who, after seeing an unusual photo of her niece, helped diagnose a serious eye condition in the girl.
The story made Ms Murphy pause — she had also seen something odd in photos of her infant daughter Elizabeth.
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“I thought, ‘Oh, that’s interesting, we have some pictures that my mom has taken of [Elizabeth], some flash photos where I’ve seen that kind of white glow come out of her right eye,'” Murphy told US news station KPHO.
Murphy took her daughter to a pediatric eye specialist, who diagnosed Elizabeth with a condition called retinoblastoma. It is a rare eye cancer of the retina that is treatable if caught early.
“There was quite a big tumour, [sic] that her retina had been fully detached and probably for some time,” she said.
“I really think that article was put in front of me for a reason, and we were fortunate to catch it as early as we did because how is a little baby going to tell you, 'Hey, I can’t see out of my eye,” she added.
Doctors removed Elizabeth’s eye two months ago, but according to her mom, her daughter doesn’t seem phased.
“She just amazes us, you know.”
The little girl will be fitted with a prosthetic eye next month.
