our appointment with the rheum

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Today we are leaving for a 4 and a half our trip to see our rheum for the 12th

time in just over a yr and a half, my daughter is on naprosyn, methotrexate

injections and prednisone ... She is having a bone density test done and we are

seeing the rheumatologist to deterime in the injections are helping or we have

to move to Enbrel which scares me to death...but I will do it if it will help

improve my daughters arthritis. she has had 8 injections of meth so far and was

on oral meth for over 6 months... with little improvement, she was good from

about the 4th injection til about a week ago when she started complaining of

pain and swelling and stiffness again ... I am hoping to get some answers

tomorrow.... I get to spend my 32nd birthday traveling in the car with my

daughter ...tonight when we get there we always go out for supper and swim at

the hotel pool. try to make it fun and not just all about going to the hospital.

I wish , I pray for all of our children and hope someday for al of them to be

well !!!

Thanks for listening ,

( mom to Sophie 6 yrs old, JIA and iga deficiency )