We started something this year that we hope to do every year. We hope we can work with some people next year to raise more awareness and even do some fundraising for the SJIA Foundation. If you are looking to donate, this is a great community to donate to. All of the donations go to research for SJIA, which is what Olivia has. We wanted to do something special this year and thought we could use Olivia's first hair cut as an opportunity to do that. She was proud to support everyone with Arthritis and wear her blue that day.
Olivia's arthritis not only affects her joints, but it causes rashes, fevers, and can affect her organs. Usually when people think of Arthritis, they just think of stiff, sore joints. There are quite a few different medications that kid's with Arthritis take, but most of them suppress their immune system. So, not only do we have to deal with the symptoms of Arthritis, but we need to keep our girl as healthy as we can because any infection could send her to the hospital.
