There’s no stopping Ryan Mahoney, who can be found jumping around in his room at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).

A simple knock to the knee or twist of his leg can lead to internal bleeding for the boisterous four-year-old.

Ryan, along with his six-year-old brother Nikolas, suffers from a severe form of the inherited disease haemophilia. The brothers both have less than 1 per cent clotting factor in their blood. Whilst Ryan has been admitted to the RCH over 25 times, Nikolas has been admitted only three times. In 2010 Ryan went into septic shock from the incurable blood-clotting disorder. This was caused by an infection in the port used to deliver the clotting factor to his heart. It was the first of seven infections, with the latest one being quite recent.

Ryan was admitted with another infection this week. However, mother Tash Mahoney explained that there is no need to bubble wrap the boys, “…If you keep up the injections, they can and do lead normal lives”.

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