'We noticed something odd about our toddler's eye - then we were given the horrific news'

A mum who noticed an odd 'orange' glare in her toddler's eye was devastated when he later received a shock diagnosis. George Walsh, two, was on holiday with his family in Tenerife when the strange glare appeared.

Mum Victoria decided to take flash photos of the youngster after her mother suggested it could be a sign of a rare eye cancer. "We were on holiday and I had been noticing an orange glare in the naked eye, face to face," Victoria told the Liverpool Echo.

She asked her mum about the glare, wondering if it was something to worry about. Her mum advised her to take a photo with the flash on, as a white glare could indicate retinoblastoma. Her auntie's best friend's niece suffered from the same condition and lost her eye.

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"I started taking photographs and they showed white," Victoria said. The next day, her husband noticed the glare in George's eye while they were in a lift.

The child's parents decided to fly home the next day. George was then referred to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where doctors confirmed he had retinoblastoma. Victoria added: "All within a week we found it and then he diagnosed. They were absolutely brilliant, hats off to the NHS."

Victoria added: "It was huge shock, scary and you wish it wasn't them. But we were glad we found it and could treat it and hopefully he will be able to keep his eye." George underwent three rounds of localised chemotherapy. Although he has lost vision in his eye, doctors are now trying to preserve it.

Every four weeks, George has to have laser treatment into his eye, which may continue for two years. He will also need regular scans