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Meet Kasie Person

Kasie Person says it’s hard to put into words the help that the Eye on Grace Foundation has been since her Ocular Melanoma diagnosis in 2019.

She and her husband of 23 years have three children, and Kasie homeschools them. Her husband is a soccer coach at a small private
Christian college. They are a one-income family, and the cost of traveling for
treatment was daunting.

“This has been a scary journey,” says Kasie, “but there’s never been a time when God hasn’t felt near. The Foundation is one way he has provided for us.”

Kasie had plaque surgery for her original spot, spent 2020 in a clinical trial at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia,
and then laser procedures and radiation plaque for an additional spot that showed up on scans in 2023.  She’s just had a one-year checkup and scans, and everything looks stable.

“With a rare disease, there just aren’t easy answers, and it puts you in an impossible situation. You can’t solve the problem on your own, and you must search out doctors and institutions that can help. It has caused
us to have great dependency on the Lord, so in many ways, it’s a gift. We’re thankful for the people who have blazed a trail for us.”

The Eye on Grace Foundation exists to serve patients like Kasie. With so much to navigate, having a partner to help relieve some of the
financial burden matters. Please join us in our mission to cover travel expenses for Ocular Melanoma patients … your donations make a difference.