A Scots tot who was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer at just nine months old is celebrating her first birthday today. Little Orla Kearney was diagnosed with retinoblastoma in June after medics found three tumours behind her eyes.
A few weeks before, her parents Morgan Gillan, 21, and Thomas Kearney, 31, noticed Orla had developed a squint in her right eye. Mum-of-two Morgan thought Orla might need glasses - but was devastated when she was told the tot had cancer and had become blind in her right eye.
Morgan, from Dumfries, said: "We couldn't plan much for her birthday because of how she is feeling. We have to be careful about her being around anyone else who has a bug, but we are having family round."
