Just a post to get things up and running.
This is a blog dedicated to our family's forthcoming journey into the world of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Last Tuesday, May 10, our oldest daughter Siobhan, who is 5 1/2 was diagnosed with JRA. Of course, this is a blow to our family for a multitude of reasons, the biggest reason being that Siobhan's life is now altered. Sure she may be able to play soccer or dance down the line, but we're still in the beginning stages of diagnosis, so we don't know what the future holds for her.
I started this blog as way of keeping people updated on progress, post links that people might find helpful, and just have a place to post my feelings. Obviously, this isn't easy for any of us, but most of all for Siobhan. We don't want her life to change any more than it has to. So we try to keep the negative talk about the situation to a minimum at this point. But we all need an outlet, thus the birth of 'A Stint in Juvy...Because Kids Get Arthritis Too.'
So what's in a name? Whenever I hear the word 'Juvenile', I think about Juvenile Hall and Juvenile Delinquents (Juvy). So I needed (wanted) a snappy title to lighten things up a little bit. Hence, we are doing our 'Stint In Juvy'. It would be really funny if someone (for whatever reason) wanted to know about doing time or how to handle doing time in Juvy, so they do an internet search and find a blog about Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. It would probably surprise them.
I started this blog as way of keeping people updated on progress, post links that people might find helpful, and just have a place to post my feelings. Obviously, this isn't easy for any of us, but most of all for Siobhan. We don't want her life to change any more than it has to. So we try to keep the negative talk about the situation to a minimum at this point. But we all need an outlet, thus the birth of 'A Stint in Juvy...Because Kids Get Arthritis Too.'
So what's in a name? Whenever I hear the word 'Juvenile', I think about Juvenile Hall and Juvenile Delinquents (Juvy). So I needed (wanted) a snappy title to lighten things up a little bit. Hence, we are doing our 'Stint In Juvy'. It would be really funny if someone (for whatever reason) wanted to know about doing time or how to handle doing time in Juvy, so they do an internet search and find a blog about Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. It would probably surprise them.
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