tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641875795579988554.post3815968626631265659..comments2023-05-03T00:34:59.406-07:00Comments on Amanda's Juvenile Arthritis Journey: MitchBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10560922425977677203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641875795579988554.post-37547157106983589262008-05-15T21:55:00.000-07:002008-05-15T21:55:00.000-07:00Hi, my name is Toby and I have recently posted on ...Hi, my name is Toby and I have recently posted on the jra message board. I clicked a link in your post to a mom of a newly diagnosed daughter. My daughter was diagnosed at 15 months and she has only been on NSAIDS (and Vioxx when it was around), I think we are going to be going to Mtx soon, she has been in a flare for almost 2 months now... Thank you for your blog, I can't believe in the past 6 years, I never found this help online, what have I been doing??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641875795579988554.post-16075317400842174862007-09-26T08:24:00.000-07:002007-09-26T08:24:00.000-07:00Hi, my name is Chrystal and my 4 year old daughter...Hi, my name is Chrystal and my 4 year old daughter also has pauciarticular JRA. It affects her right knee and one toe on her right foot. I found your blog through facebook and just wanted to thank you for putting your story out there. People look at me like I'm crazy when they hear that Abby has JRA. She too was diagnosed at 18 months old. We've been lucky though. She was on Motrin for only about 6 months and then received a cortisone shot in her knee on her 2nd birthday and since then only has to see the opthamologist every 3 months. She seems to be doing OK now -- we find that she tires a lot easier than other kids her age and she is a very clumsy runner -- it's like her right leg just doesn't want to extend all the way. But we deal with it and she knows when she needs to just sit down and rest. Anyway, thanks for sharing your story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com