The story of Rueben
This is Rueben Kiernan age 4 from Ireland Rueben has extremely rare autoimmune diseases in his liver, lungs and blood. Giant cell hepatitis, interstitial lung disease. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. Rueben is the only child in Ireland with these rare conditions. He has also had lots of complications along the way including acute liver failure. There is no known cure for these conditions and Rueben will need a life time of hospital treatments. These conditions are all life threatening and the liver condition  alone only has a 50% survival rate.Â