. The autoimmune disease causes issues with the joints and if left untreated, can lead to glaucoma and blindness, reports Daily Record. Mum Leeanne Taggart, from Cardonald, said: "When Keavagh woke up the morning after the party, she was complaining of a sore knee - it was so swollen that you couldn't actually see the kneecap." For the next six weeks, Keavagh went back and forth to hospital as her pain continued to worsen. Eventually she struggled to walk properly and was unable to attend school. She was given a rheumatology appointment in October, where she was diagnosed with JAI. Leeanne said: "It was horrific. I had never heard of it before and had so many questions. How do you come to terms with your six-year-old daughter having arthritis? It was horrible." Little Keavagh, who loves dancing, gymnastics and swimming, now requires daily medication. She was referred to Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Children and Young People where she was given steroid injections to her knees and ankles. She also started on weekly methotrexate injections at home, but soon started refusing treatment. Leeanne continued: "At first she was quite accepting of injections, but then out of nowhere it became absolutely horrendous){kind=link}
Keavagh Moran was a healthy and active gymnast before she took a tumble in August last year. The youngster’s parents initially thought nothing of it as she got straight back up and continued dancing
The parents of a six-year-old girl were left devastated after a fall at a friend’s birthday party led to a devastating diagnosis.
Keavagh Moran was a healthy and active gymnast before she took a tumble in August last year. The youngster’s parents initially thought nothing of it as she got straight back up and continued dancing.
The next day her knee had ballooned in size and she was rushed to A&E. Keavagh was examined by doctors and sent home with painkillers, but her pain began to worsen and just six weeks later she was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JAI).
The autoimmune disease causes issues with the joints and if left untreated, can lead to glaucoma and blindness, reports Daily Record.