TORONTO – Eight-year-old Logan Dona wears a Blue Jays logo on his prosthetic eye as he cheers on the Blue Jays as they make the playoffs.
Logan's left eye was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (eye cancer) when he was six months old and had it removed at Children's Hospital in Toronto.
Matthew Milne, an eye specialist who works with the hospital's eye cancer team, made Logan's first prosthetic eyes when he was a baby and replaced them about every two years as he grew older.
When Logan came to see Milne a few weeks ago for his upcoming prosthetic eye surgery, he had something specific in mind.
“I wanted to get special eyes because I love playing baseball and I love watching baseball,” he said in a video interview with his parents Friday from his home in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Milne, who hand-paints prosthetic eyes, created Logan with a golden iris and baseball seams.
He drew the Blue Jays logo over his eyes. Unlike gold and seams, the top is tucked into the eye socket, so the logo isn't visible to others.
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But Logan knows it's there and is able to show it to others when he replaces that eye with a second “everyday” prosthetic eye. The person has brown irises to match his vision.
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There is also a special drawing on the top depicting a character from the Zelda video game series that reflects his interests.
Milne encourages young patients to choose a fun image for the top of their prosthetic eye.
“When you're working on a very adult problem like retinoblastoma, I always want to give kids the opportunity to customize something for themselves and make it fun,” he said.
Logan's mother, Taryn Dohna, said her son “wears a Blue Jays eye every time the Jays play because he believes in his soul that it brings them a little bit of extra luck.”
The sports theme also celebrates how much Logan overcame the summer he first started playing baseball, she said.
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“His depth perception is very poor because he only has monocular vision. So every time he hit that ball…(it) really gave him confidence.”
Logan's favorite part of the game when he's not batting is “usually right field, but sometimes center field or left field,” he said.
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Donna and Logan's father, Serge, hopes that by accepting his prosthetic eyes, his son will feel proud and welcomed by other children with differences.
“That's what we've always wanted for him… There's no social stigma to having a prosthetic eye, because it's a visible difference,” Dorna said.
“We always want him to be confident and not be ashamed of who he is, because that's part of his identity.”
Milne said Logan's prosthetic eye is connected to the muscles in his eyeball, allowing him to move in sync with the eye as he looks around, even when he can't see.
Retinoblastoma is rare, with 15 cases in children under the age of 14 in 2019, but it is the most common type of eye cancer in children and is often detected before the age of two, according to the Canadian Cancer Society website.
Removing the eye with cancer can prevent the tumor from spreading elsewhere. After Logan's eye was removed, he did not need further treatment, including chemotherapy or radiation therapy, his mother said.
He now goes to SickKids Eye Clinic once a year for an exam and sees Milne every few months to maintain his prosthetic eyes.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 18, 2025.
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