Missouri teen was bleeding from eyes, then went blind — and doctors have no idea why

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 January 2, 2019 11:34 AM
Missouri teen was bleeding from eyes, then went blind — and doctors have no idea why

Ever since going on a cruise in summer 2017, Missouri teen Jordyn Walker has been struggling with a mystery illness taking away her senses. Jordyn is now blind after the mystery illness again began to ravage the girl’s body a few weeks ago.

By Josh Magness


Ever since going on a cruise in summer 2017, Missouri teen Jordyn Walker has been struggling with a mystery illness taking away her senses.

Shortly after returning from the cruise in July 2017, Jordyn “lost her senses of smell and taste,” according to KMBC. The illness — which also caused the 15-year-old from Smithville to bleed in places such as her eyes and ears — left multiple doctors confused and unable to come up with a diagnosis.

“We went to every specialty — allergy, immunology, rheumatology — every specialty, with no answers,” Kendyll Walker, the teen’s mother, told KMBC. “We were searching and were told it was a one in a million case and probably would never happen again.”

Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article223820240.html#storylink=cpy