An Edinburgh school girl has opened up about the cruel condition she lives with that leaves her in constant pain and missing school.
Jessica Rhodes, 12, was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis and complex autoimmune issues when she was a toddler after her mum Tanya noticed she was tiring easily when walking to nursery.
Despite numerous GP visits and lots of tests, no one could find anything medically wrong but over the next few years, Jessica developed increasingly unusual symptoms and was referred to Rheumatology at Edinburgh’s Children’s Hospital where doctors battled to get things under control.
