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The beginner’s guide to helping your young child cope with chronic pain

January 26, 2016 Herchel Scruggs 14 Comments

How to help children deal with chronic pain

There are few things in this world more heart wrenching than watching your young child in pain.  Moms are supposed to be able to fix everything.  Those little pain wracked eyes plead with you to take it away but when it comes to chronic pain--you just can't. This is the case … [Read more...]

Health, Juvenile Arthritis, Parenting, sick kid hacks child in pain, child joint pain, childhood autoimmune disorders, Chronic pain, coping, JA

The weight of the world

September 22, 2015 Herchel Scruggs 6 Comments

I've rarely mentioned Juvenile Arthritis this past year. That's how life with JA is. When it is under control you mostly forget it. If you don't see it, it might just be an exaggerationbrought on by your fatigue, right? She's missed less school, spent less time at the doctor, … [Read more...]

A peek inside my head, Juvenile Arthritis, Life in our Corner JA

How to Choose the Right Pediatric Doctors

September 3, 2014 Herchel Scruggs 11 Comments

It took a couple of years to diagnose Pea's Juvenile Arthritis.  I went through a few specialists that weren't really a good fit to get to the ones we have now. When she was younger the pain was intermittent and unpredictable.  Plus, she was too young to verbally communicate what … [Read more...]

Health, Juvenile Arthritis, Parenting, sick kid hacks children specialists, how to choose child dr, how to choose pediatrician, JA, juvenile arthritis, pediatric specialists, special needs

I let my child make a medical decision and the nurse gave me crazy eyes

June 20, 2014 Herchel Scruggs 19 Comments

I haven't written about Juvenile Arthritis is a while. Why? Because we haven't had any juvenile arthritis flares. JA can be tricky like that. It slinks back into it's little hidey-hole only to charge back into our life when we least expect it. But last week, I walked into the … [Read more...]

Health, Juvenile Arthritis, Parenting, sick kid hacks JA

My bulletproof baby

January 23, 2014 Herchel Scruggs 7 Comments

I'm bone tired this morning.  I had a difficult time falling asleep and was up well past midnight.  A couple hours later, Pea woke me up.   She was wide awake, in what I have come to think of, as her pain position, knees up on a pillow, legs restlessly writhing.  Calmly staring … [Read more...]

Juvenile Arthritis, Tips and Inspiration for Busy Moms JA, Ja Story, JIA, juvenile arthritis

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