At Cassie + Friends, we believe that every child and family should have access to timely and optimal rheumatic disease care. That’s why we launched the C+F Northern BC Project, to better understand the barriers to diagnosis, care, and patient support for families living in remote/rural communities and explore how we can work [...]
Where Are They Now? Jake Shiell In this edition of “Where Are They Now”, we caught up with Jake Shiell and his mom Krista. You may remember Jake from his popular lemonade stand fundraiser and as the winner of our 2022 Youth Leader Award for the under-12 [...]
#WhyIRun For Lillian - Our Rheumatic Disease Warrior Our journey with Rheumatic Disease began in June 2022. After 11 days of fever, Lillian, then just shy of her 3rd birthday, was seen, diagnosed, and treated for Incomplete Kawasaki disease at CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario). Luckily, she responded to the IVIG treatment and [...]
Congratulations to Jake Shiell and Emma Linsley, recipients of the 2022 Cassie + Friends National Youth Leader Awards! Read Jake and Emma's full bios and project descriptions below. Interested in being considered for an award in 2023? To learn more about the Youth Leader [...]
Make lemonade! At least that’s what Jacob Shiell did when he was diagnosed with Systemic Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis (SJIA) on his eighth birthday in October 2021. Jacob’s journey began with unexplained foot pain and swelling. Over the next few weeks, the pain and swelling worsened and spread to his right knee, elbow and wrist. [...]
I don’t know if there can be a ‘typical’ journey for a young child who receives a Juvenile Arthritis diagnosis. But this is Linden’s story so far. When Linden got sick at 18 months old, we thought it was just a cold. But then came an unusual rash and his walking deteriorated. We visited [...]
Will you join Mark as part of our CREW? There are lots of ways to show your support for the Juvenile Arthritis community on #GivingTuesday – like, share, educate and, of course, donate. To get inspired, we thought you might like to meet Mark from our Vancouver CREW. On Nov 30th, we hope you’ll join [...]
As part of Team Cassie + Friends last year, Jaylene and her family raised over $11,000 thanks to donations from their annual bottle drive. The 4th Annual Prime Family Bottle Drive takes place on Saturday June 6th in Langley, BC and we need your help to make this year a success! Can’t drop your bottles off [...]
In September of 2014, summer ended and our three daughters headed to back school - Anika into grade 4, Jaylene to grade 3 and Claire starting preschool. With school routines starting up again, life seemed back to normal. Then, out of the blue, Jaylene began complaining about a rash she had noticed on her [...]
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