When I got home from taking the boys to Camden's house for the sleepover I checked the mail. GREAT! GREAT! GREAT news was waiting for us there. We had a letter from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Michael had been accepted to their Arthritis clinic and they had set his first appointment for May 27th.
While this whole disease (it is very difficult for me to say that my child has a chronic disease - and it sucks!) has taken some time to diagnose and get in to see people, in the world of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, we have been blessed and have sped through the process. Once we had a pre-diagnosis of JA, we were seeing a specialist in 8 days. Then a week later we got an appointment at TSRHC which is just a little over a month away. I have spoken to and read about children that it has taken YEARS to get an accurate diagnosis and in to Scottish Rite. So, with out doubt, we are blessed to have things moving along so quickly.
Scottish Rite is one of the top Children's Hospitals in the world. I have never met anyone who had a negative thing to say about them. And the most amazing thing is that once you are accepted, there is no charge for their services! I don't even think I can wrap my head around that yet! When I picked up the boys today, I told Michael that I had received the letter with his appointment. Mavrick said "what does that mean?" Michael said "it means that I'm going to get better."
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