5/31/2023 0 Comments Wink by rob harrell summaryHe tells Ross and his father that he can save both of Ross's eyes. Sheffler contacts Ross's father and arranges for them to meet Dr. The day after this terrible diagnosis and prognosis, Dr. To help him cope his father takes him to see Abby Peterson, his "best friend since the third day of first grade." This treatment would mean the complete loss of Ross's vision. She offers to do the surgery in two days. Inzer who tells Ross and his dad that the only way to treat his cancer is to remove his entire right eye and socket and then to do radiation. Sheffler had never encountered before.ĭr. A biopsy of the tumor revealed the diagnosis of a rare cancer that Dr. Sheffler who revealed that the scan showed a tumor in the lacrimal gland above Ross's right eye. What followed was a CT scan and an immediate consultation with Dr. After two days of icing his eye, they decide to take him to see Dr. His life changed forever one summer day in July when Ross's father notice his right eye was puffy. His mother, a talented illustrator died of cancer when Ross was five but he doesn't remember very much about her. Ross lives with his father who is a trial lawyer and his stepmother Linda. Ross's story is told in the present as he goes through a series of radiation treatments with flashbacks to how his battle with cancer began. In Wink, twelve-year-old Ross Maloy has been diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer called mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
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