10 Moms Who Changed the Meaning of Motherhood in 2015

This mother listened to her gut — and ended up saving her child's life.

Julie Fitzgerald first noticed spots on her 2-year-old son's eye but didn't think much of it until she came across a viral story on Facebook that struck a chord. The post described how a white glow that appeared in someone's eye in photos could mean cancer. She immediately snapped a photo of her son with her phone and discovered the white glow. Because of her discovery, doctors were able to diagnose Avery with retinoblastoma just in time and found cancerous tumors covering 75 percent of his eye. She said:

"I just had this gut feeling in my stomach that something was wrong with his eye."