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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2004JRA
A friend of my nephew, who is 12, has just been diagnosed with JRA. My nephew is asking my sister-in-law a lot of questions. I was wondering if there was a website out there that helps educate children about JRA. My nephew gets scared easily by these things, so I need something pretty basic and not very intense. I feel so for this young boy's family. I know what I have been through these last 10-11 years with RA, I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like for an 11 or 12 year old. Any assistance with this will be very appreciated. Thanks in advance! Sue The Arthritis Foiundation has info on it, a good page to start with is http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/jra.asp You might awnt to look at it yourself to see if you think it's too intense for your nephew. And of course our friends Kimmy and KJ have the JRA World part of Arthritis Insight. http://jraworld.arthritisinsight.com/ Lots of stuff there. It might even be good for the friend as a place to talk to others with JRA. Check it out.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > A friend of my nephew, who is 12, has just been diagnosed with JRA. My > nephew [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks in advance! > Sue Think I sent reply to wrong thread if not oh wee, here's a link for you http://www.arthritis.org/communities/juvenile_arthritis/about_ajao.asp Bruce > A friend of my nephew, who is 12, has just been diagnosed with JRA. My nephew > is asking my sister-in-law a lot of questions. I was wondering if there was a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks in advance! > Sue Thank you both. I think that this will be above my nephew's head, but I am sending the links to my sister-in-law. I visit both of these sites often, my favorite is the Arthritis Insight webpage. I'm still hoping that there is a "child oriented" webpage out there. Thank you again! Sue Just an update. They don't think that it is JRA now. He has a tumor on his leg. They did MRIs today, and will do a tissue biopsy tomorrow. All the poor guy wants to do is sleep. He's in the hospital now. I pray that they get this figured out soon. |
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