Posted: Jan 29, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 29
Jake Kislingbury, 3, from Canoe Cove, P.E.I., is learning to live life completely blind. (Shane Hennessey/CBC)
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After rare cancer nearly took his life, Jake Kislingbury is now learning to live life completely blind.
Doctors diagnosed the three-year old with Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare and rapidly growing cancer that most often strikes children and young adults.
Jake's cancer is now in remission.
But doctors have told the Kislingbury family that Jake will never see again. His tumour crushed his optic nerve.
Verity Kislingbury says she's proud of her blonde-haired little boy, who bravely battled his gruelling cancer treatments while, at the same time, suddenly losing his vision.