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Cassie’s Story

Juvenile arthritis became a part of our family and our lives in September of 2006. One morning Cassie, then only 20 months old, wouldn’t walk when we took her out of her crib. After a ton of tests, we ultimately received the diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We couldn’t imagine that our little girl had arthritis as we, like most people, believed that arthritis was only a disease for elderly people. We soon learned just how common this disease is in children.

After 3 years of treatment, Cassie eventually went into remission in terms of her joint disease. Unfortunately she was then diagnosed with uveitis, an eye inflammation that some children with juvenile arthritis develop. Thankfully with the help of eye drops and injectable medications we have also managed to keep this under control.

With your help we are working to find a cure to this disease for Cassie and all the children like her.

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