UNIQUE STORIES
Every story is unique – just like the children at the center of these stories.
Wonderful children who have the strength to show their parents the way.
Carolina
It became clear very early on that Carolina is a true fighter ...
Four-year-old Nora and her “magic eye”
Four-year-old Nora has several of her "magic eyes" - and if you don't know that her left eye is a glass eye, you won't notice it (at first) ...
Karla and the role of death
Karla is 8 years old and comes from the old farming community of Häger in Münster. She is happy here. And never wants to leave ...
Our daughter Elis – it’s a miracle that a little person can take it all in.
Özgür, Songül and their daughter Elis have come a long way together ...
Anna and her magic eye – A mother talks about her daughter’s RB disease.
"Hey, watch out with that stick! Otherwise you'll damage my healthy eye ...
Ava Augenstern – stronger than the strongest Stark
My search history still shows that I googled "rain pants" ...
“To gain fresh perspective on life is a privilege” – Joseph’s story.
This is Joseph's story, he lives in New Zealand and his parents say: "To gain fresh perspective on life is a privilege." ...
“I don’t want to lose this smile” – a mother on her son’s RB disease
"Pick him up. And come here." The ophthalmologist's words ...
“We’re not in port yet” – thoughts of a grandfather
When the news came, I was stunned. Cancer. Eye cancer ...
“SUPER” – that’s Sascha’s first German word
Unique stories Saschas is one of the children from Ukraine that KAKS brought to Germany in March 2022 because his cancer treatment in Kiev was not progressing. We wanted to know how he and his family are doing almost 18 ...
Anny and Arian – Our luck was perfect.
Arian saw the light of day on 06.03.2022. We could hardly believe our luck ...
“Together is my favorite place to be” Theo on his way into life
We are on our way to St. Tönis in the Rhineland ...
Cancer diagnosis: a shock and the beginning of confidence
A conversation with mother and son - Cara and Constantin ...
Lena
Lena is 8 years old, lives with her family in Hesse and, according to her mother Nicole, is 'almost always a happy girl' ...
Isabelle from Soest
It took 22 YEARS for Isabelle to go public with her story - she finally wants to come to terms with it ...
Letizia: Power woman with seven
How Letizia Salluzzo artfully combines handicap and lightness ...
Happy ending for twins Laura and Emily
After a problem-free pregnancy for twins, I gave birth to my identical twins Laura and Emily as planned ...
Meet Rita: One of AHC’s first patients to receive retinoblastoma treatment
When Rita was just 2 years old, her mother noticed ...
Being strong means getting up again and again – Mara’s story
Mara has bilateral retinoblastoma - a malignant tumor in both eyes ...
The story of the Dindas family and their Carlotta
The story of the Dindas family is that of so many families ...
Florian from Austria
Florian's story actually began in spring 2001. Florian - 1.5 years old at the time - began to squint ...
Till, the little fighter
"My child is my role model!" That's what Sandra says about her Till today. It was almost a year ago when Till was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma ...