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| Family snap 'saves girl's life' | Family snap 'saves girl's life' |
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| A photograph taken at a family wedding may have helped to save the life of an 18-month-old girl. | A photograph taken at a family wedding may have helped to save the life of an 18-month-old girl. |
| The picture of Sophie Cooke with her twin sister Molly should have showed their sets of blue eyes, but instead Sophie's left eye was completely black. | The picture of Sophie Cooke with her twin sister Molly should have showed their sets of blue eyes, but instead Sophie's left eye was completely black. |
| The light from the flash should have reflected from the back of the eye, but the tumour was blocking the light path and reflected back as black. | |
| Days later the family, from Sheffield, discovered she had eye cancer. | Days later the family, from Sheffield, discovered she had eye cancer. |
| She had her eye removed and underwent six months of chemotherapy, but has now been given the all-clear. | She had her eye removed and underwent six months of chemotherapy, but has now been given the all-clear. |
| Sophie, left, was fitted with a prosthetic eye earlier this year | Sophie, left, was fitted with a prosthetic eye earlier this year |
| He mother Tracey Cooke, who lives with her partner David, said her daughter had never complained throughout the treatment. | He mother Tracey Cooke, who lives with her partner David, said her daughter had never complained throughout the treatment. |
| She said: "It was devastating. They are my little girls, aren't they, so it was a lot to take in. She was so brave and we were very proud of her." | She said: "It was devastating. They are my little girls, aren't they, so it was a lot to take in. She was so brave and we were very proud of her." |
| Sophie, who is now two years old, was fitted with a prosthetic eye earlier this year. | Sophie, who is now two years old, was fitted with a prosthetic eye earlier this year. |
| Ms Cooke said: "We are just so glad the photograph was taken that day, as it helped save my daughter's life." | Ms Cooke said: "We are just so glad the photograph was taken that day, as it helped save my daughter's life." |