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Baby Monitor Helps Mom Spot Daughter’s Rare Cancer
Kristen Draime spotted the cancer after the monitor showed Miley’s eye black, leading to surgery and months of chemotherapy, doctors said.
- On November 8, 2025, Kristen Draime noticed an unusual white glow in her three-year-old daughter Miley's eye while bathing her in Cleveland, Ohio. After searching online and checking the baby monitor, she discovered Miley's left eye was completely black—a telltale sign of retinoblastoma.
- When Miley's left eye began to drift last year, her parents assumed it was a lazy eye and waited for an ophthalmologist appointment. She attended dance class and walked the balance beam fine, never complaining because she was too young to explain what she was experiencing.
- After an ultrasound and thorough examination under anesthesia, ocular oncologist Arun Singh at Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute confirmed the tumor had almost completely consumed Miley's left eye. On November 21, 2025, surgery removed the eye, and a postoperative biopsy revealed chemotherapy was also necessary.
- Miley began chemotherapy just before Christmas 2025 with pediatric hematologist-oncologist Stacey Zahler and completed six sessions. In June 2026, she rang the end-of-treatment Bravery Bell surrounded by cheering family, with Kristen saying, "Being able to watch my daughter ring the bell after everything she went through was magical."
- Dr. Singh explained that retinoblastoma has the highest cure rate of any childhood cancer, and removing the eye prevents spread to the brain. With a permanent prosthetic eye, Miley navigates life well, and Kristen noted, "You wouldn't know she'd had her eye removed.
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Baby monitor helps mom spot daughter’s rare cancer
"Looking back, it's hard to think she was going through that without us knowing."
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