Daisy, I'm glad to hear that it's not retinoblastoma. It's a good thing, though, that you caught the vision defect as soon as you did. She could have lost all vision in that eye if you hadn't acted so quickly.
Did your ophthalmologist mention Coats' Disease or blond fundus?
Coats' disease is also known as Coats' Retinitis, Coats' Syndrome, Exudative Retinitis, and Retinal Telangiectasis. Coats’ disease is a very rare condition where there is abnormal development in the blood vessels behind the retina. The blood rich retinal capillaries break open, leaking the serum portion of the blood into the back of eye. The leakage causes the retina to swell, and can cause partial or complete detachment of the retina. Coats' disease is seen predominantly in males, about 69 percent of the cases. It progresses gradually and affects central vision. It is almost always unilateral (affects only one eye). If caught early, some level of vision can typically be restored. If not caught until it's late stages, complete loss of vision can occur. In it's final stages, enucleation (removal of the affected eye) is a potential outcome.
Blond fundus, also called ocular albinism usually affect patients with little pigment, usually white-blond, blued people. I can't tell what color her eyes are from your pictures. Are they brown? The sites I visited used so much medical language it was hard to understand the cause but I think I got the gist of it: if you and/or your husband carry the gene for albinism it can cause IA in any children you produce.
I hope you find an answer soon.