Another Waiting Game

Published Apr 17, 2010

145 Posts

Specializes in Psychiatrics.

Sooo....

My baby sister has started track this year. She just turned 13 last month. Problem is, her joints have been swelling up, mainly her ankles. She has been icing them down for the past several days, so... earlier today, my mom took her to the clinic. And the doctor is running some lab work. He is testing for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupis, and a few other auto immune disorders that mom couldn't remember. Her hands and finger joints have been swollen and difficult to move for a while now, and she has been taken to the doctor's at least once prior to this visit in regards to this.

In the back of my head I wondered if they should have ran these tests back when she first went to the clinic the on the first visit when we first noticed that her fingers and hands were swollen, but it's too late now.

In our family history we have my mom's brother had true red cell aplasia when he was in junior high/high school, then died at 36 due to lyposacrcoma, and my mom's dad has fibromyalgia and a weird type of athritis.

So....keep my baby sis in your prayers..