An eight-year-old girl who lost her eye to cancer has had a pink sparkly prosthetic fitted that makes her feel like a ‘superhero’.

Daisy Passfield, from the village of Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire, was 14 months old when doctors diagnosed her with retinoblastoma.

After six grueling rounds of chemotherapy, the illness returned. Her family were recommended a newer procedure meant to shrink the tumour but it only broke it into different parts.

This meant the cancer could easily spread and it was decided that her right eye would be removed.

After years of having a blue prosthetic eye that matched her natural eye colour, Daisy chose to go for something more her style.

She had a pink sparkly prosthetic eye fitted this summer as she is a big fan of glitter.

‘I feel happy because everyone can see my pink sparkly eye,’ little Daisy said. ‘I am so excited to show everyone at school my sparkly eye.

‘I think they will love it just like I do. Everyone I have spoken to has said how lovely it is.’

Much to the schoolgirl’s delight, her friends also say it looks befitting of a unicorn or a dragon.

The rare and aggressive form of eye cancer that that Daisy had affects babies and young children, mainly under the age of six.

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust says 50 cases are diagnosed a year in the UK – or one child a week.

The most common symptoms are a white glow in the eye or pupil in dim lighting or when a photo is taken using a flash, and a squint.

This is how her mum, Alysia, noticed there was something wrong with her young daughter.

But getting a diagnosis was not easy.

‘I knew there was something wrong,’ the 30-year-old recalled. ‘Obviously, I was upset and in a bit of a shock.

‘Daisy was absolutely fine, she took it in her stride, and she had six rounds of chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumour.’

According to her mum, Daisy now lives a ‘completely normal’ life and is one of the most confident people she has ever met.

The only things she won’t be able to do are things like drive a combine harvester or fly a plane but her mum says that is not a problem for the girl.

Commenting on the change in her daughter’s eye, Alysia said: ‘Daisy has always been into sparkly things, make-up and making herself look pretty.

‘We went to our appointment, I said to the woman about Daisy having a different coloured eye and they said they can do that.’

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