I am the mother of a 7 year old little boy with juvenile polyarticular rheumatoid arthrits. I am looking to learn and share in experiences of other families who are in the same situation. I am interested in learning about the different medications and the way they have worked for you or your child.
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First, I'm sorry that your son has this disease. It's not fun. I got JRA when I was four and 40 years ago, there wasn't much treatment, which meant that my 16, I was using an electric wheelchair with two sparkling new hip replacements. Please know that with the treatments available these days, it is extremely unlikely that this will happen to your child.
At the moment, we don't have a lot of resources for parents and children with RA, but it is an area we are looking at developing in the new year. In the meantime, check out one of my recent posts on parenting teens with RA - it has a number of good links to resources for parents of children with JRA, including an online community where you can connect to other parents.
I know that there are other parents of children with JRA on this site, so you want to, please stick around. We can use your help in creating more resources and connections in this area - I do understand that you're probably pretty maxed out in terms of time and energy commitments, so take care of yourself and your son first.