Treatments
Erika and Elena’s arthritis journey: Staying strong through the ups and downs
My daughter Elena was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis at age 2. Arthritis? That was an elderly person’s disease, I thought. I had no idea the depth of the disease or what would lie ahead for us. First, she started with redness and swelling in her knees. I took her into the doctor…
Emily’s story: Navigating pain, planes and biologics
Tanya Cassidy Irwin is a mother and Cassie and Friends community member from Langley, BC. This is her story of navigating pain, travel, medication and the unknown throughout her daughter Emily’s journey with Oligoarticular JIA. In September 2015 there was the most subtle of hitches in our daughter Emily’s…