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Annie, my dog, guides me all over the world, reveals eye cancer victim

Abby White, the lady blinded by eye cancer who relies on a trained dog to find her way around

NAIROBI: Abby White is as lively a woman as they come. Nothing in her humour could betray what she has gone through. The 38-year-old Chief Executive of World Eye Cancer Hope (WECH) is a victim of eye cancer, known scientifically as retinoblastoma.

Her face is the contrast of her life packed persona. The left eye has shriveled. An artificial device serves to enhance her facial appearance after the original eye ball was removed to stop the spread of cancer to her brain and other organs.

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