I keep this blog in part to easily update family, friends, and other JA parents (and any other interested persons!) on how Anna is doing on her journey with Juvenile Arthritis. Since Anna was first diagnosed in 1999, the terminology has changed. I believe that now children are diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, or Juvenile Iodiopathic Arthritis, et. al. However, I created this blog a long time ago, when people referred the disease as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hence the "JRA."
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Even though life is pretty much normalized, I've noticed in the past week that when Anna gets up from sitting (watching a movie or something), she spends about five minutes going lunges and deep knee bends. I asked her why she was stretching (I knew she wasn't "going out for a run" like her brother . . . she's not old enough to go for a run without one of us being with her!). She said that she gets a little stiff after sitting. But she was adamant about it being "no big deal, Mom! This is normal for me!" She's just a little stiff; not in pain. No big deal (although it's something I'll personally file away in my mental notes.)
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