When Khloe Cline was a toddler, her mother noticed something wasn't quite right with her vision. Alicia Gray would look her daughter’s eyes and see Khloe struggling to focus.

The problem was more severe than Alicia expected. Doctors diagnosed Khloe with bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare cancer in the back of her eyes.

Khloe began chemotherapy treatment at their local hospital in Indianapolis. Doctors told the family the next step would be radiation, which could destroy Khloe's eyesight. But they said specialists at Cincinnati Children's might be able to save her vision.

Dr. Todd Abruzzo says he thought it was a longshot to salvage both of her eyes. But he developed a new technique for targeting chemotherapy to the eyes, using two catheters and a balloon in Khloe's arteries to direct blood flow so it would lead the chemotherapy directly to her tumors.

Khloe's mom was worried.

Dr. Abruzzo says he hopes the method will one day become the first line of treatment for targeting chemotherapy in children with these kinds of highgrade tumors.

This procedure means families have another option, says Dr. James Geller, a retinoblastoma specialist at Cincinnati Children's.

For Khloe and her family, it means Khloe, who wants to be a doctor when she grows up, can look forward to a bright future.