Giving birth to identical triplets is already rare, with a probability of nearly one in a million, so Richard and Leslie were both shocked and excited about their future life, but the triplets' eye cancer has brought them a tremendous blow. They wrote on their blog: “It feels like the end of the world; my heart broke when I heard this news, but I tried to stay calm. Thinking about my lovely sons to take care of, we have no time to be upset.”
It is reported that this condition is the result of a genetic mutation that occurred before the egg split into three, leading to all three triplets suffering from eye cancer. The couple has flown to Toronto to seek treatment for the triplets, and doctors want to use chemotherapy to save their lives, but there is only a 50% chance of preserving their eyesight, which may also lead to hearing loss, kidney failure, and brain tumors.
