I'm Called 'Selfish' For Passing My Cancer To My Child | MY EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY

CARLA, 28, lives in Mississippi with her 5-year-old daughter Riley and fiance Luke. Carla was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma when she was just 3. The cancer was in her eyes leading her to have her left eye removed. Her daughter Riley was diagnosed with the same condition at 6 months old and had her right eye removed aged 2. Both mother and daughter now have a prosthetic eye each. Carla told Truly: “One thing I really feared was it affecting her at a young age.” But against all odds Riley has turned out to be a very confident young lady, Carla said: “She tells me all the time ‘mumma, I’m beautiful’.” Carla wasn’t so confident growing up and said “until I was 21 I literally hid behind my hair”. Carla started entering Riley in beauty pageants and making TikTok videos with her to boost her confidence and reassure her of her beauty but they’ve received a lot of judgmental comments. One video in particular of them removing their prosthetic eyes received comments like; “you poked her eye out so you would match” and “irresponsible to have a child knowing you would bring that pain to them.” Carla’s response to those people is “we don’t care… God had a purpose for her”, and looks forward to a bright future for her daughter.