KIZZIE Laws is no stranger to defying the odds.

In her 14 years of life she's contracted a serious illness, slipped into a serious coma, became completely blind, regained her sight, and has learned to walk again.

Dad Daniel Laws said his daughter is nothing short of a strong, amazing young woman.

"Kizzie is a 'don't say die' sort of kid," he said.

"She just powers on and very little seems faze her."

When she was seven-years-old, Kizzie contracted viral meningitis which developed into a a rare case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).

ADEM often follows a viral or bacterial infection and is characterised by a brief but widespread attack of inflammation in the brain and spinal cord that damages the protective covering of nerve fibres.

Only 1 in 250,000 people develop ADEM every year.

The Maleny 7-year-old was admitted to Nambour Hospital with a headache, but when she slipped into a coma doctors realised that they were dealing with something far more serious.

"Kizzie's condition deteriorated until she was sliding in and out of consciousness," Mr Laws said.

"They panicked and airlifted her to Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital in intensive care.

"They treated her and that didn't work so they gave her drugs that are used on cancer patients.

"At that point she'd come out of the conscious coma state, and she was blind."

When Kizzie woke up, she was blind and wheelchair bound - complications that her father said she readily accepted.

"She just took it in her stride and was like 'Oh yeah, I'm blind, I'm in a wheelchair, OK'," Mr Laws said.

With courses of drugs and therapy Kizzie regained her sight and slowly learnt to walk again.

Now she enjoys life just like any other 14-year-old girl, until a month ago when her headache returned.

Doctors were held fears that the teenager may be facing a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

Kizzie said she was "freaking out" when she found out the headache was her ADEM returned.

"My mum got a phone call and she came into the school and she told my guidance councillor," she said,

"She was just like 'listen, you're having a relapse'.

"I was freaking out. It really overwhelmed me."

Mr Laws said doctors acted swiftly, discovering the headaches were an ADEM relapse behind Kizzie's eye.

"We were quite concerned but the people at Lady Cilento's Children Hospital were pretty good," he said.

"Basically they realised the ADEM was still active and was eating away at her optic nerves.

"She's overcome that relapse and has come good, we've got another doctors appointment in three weeks to check in."

Now, Kizzie is back at school after two weeks of school holidays, spent hanging out with her friends.

Her dad hopes his charismatic, caring daughter will look at a career in vet nursing or aged care when she gets older.

For Kizzie Laws, the future is bright again.