Weather and JRA

July 15, 1999

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Hi ,

You asked about the warmer climate possibly helping Josh out. I really

don't know because when we lived in the Northeast, with some very cold

winters, Josh was a very healthy little kid. He never had even so much

as an earache. No illnesses throughout his early childhood, at all. I breast

fed both of my children (Josh till 23 months) and sort of thought that

helped their immune systems and protected them from all the little things

a lot of kids get.

We moved to Hawaii in July, '93. In late Jan '95 my daughter got the

chicken pox. Shortly afterwards, I got it. Hadn't had it as a child. And

just when I was starting to feel better Josh got came down with all those

tell-tale itchy bumps. That was the first time he was ever sick. He had

it pretty bad. Then, about a month or so after recovering, he got JRA.

You know how in the beginning we're always trying to figure out what it

was that suddenly caused our child to get so sick? Well, in our case I

really believed that the chicken pox were in some way responsible. Guess

I'll never know for sure.

So, I'm not sure if the climate here is helpful or not. It's usually

warm and sunny with cool breezes all year long, except for about 2 or 3

weeks a year when it's rainy and damp. During the rainy season, Josh usually

gets a little more sore. Sometimes not, though. And sometimes when the

weather is really terrific, he still gets sick. So it's hard to tell. The

way I look at it is, if I had some medical condition like stills, I'd prefer

to be sick in a tropical paradise than in a cold, wintry place. Then again,

I'd rather be on a tropical island, even if I wasn't sick :-) & nbsp;

I hope 's legs aren't hurting so bad these days.

Take care,

Georgina</html>

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