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David Porte knew something was wrong with his infant daughter when he took her out of her crib one morning and she couldn’t walk. Little Cassie had been active and healthy up to that point, so this development left her parents puzzled and worried. Neither Porte nor his wife, a…

Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 When Cassie Porte was born almost three years ago she was a happy, healthy baby. That lasted until she was 20 months old, when all of a sudden one morning she couldn’t walk. “We picked her up out of her crib…

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…

I was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis in the September of 2005. I have gone into remission twice in the past 7 years, and am currently in remission right now. Arthritis has caused me physical challenges but also mental ones. Having a chronic disease at such a young age caused me…

Zachary lived with the pain of arthritis for nine months and the symptoms of chronic disease for 19 months before finally being diagnosed with Systemic Onset Juvenile Arthritis at the age of 3 ½. At the time of diagnosis, we had no idea how extensive the impact of arthritis would…

It was 2006 and we were living a pretty idyllic life on Bowen Island with our three-year-old, Sam. At the end of the summer he developed a rash on his cheeks. Then wee craters on his knuckles and rash on his knees, elbows, and ankles started to appear. This got…