Gabriel Johnson Surviving SJIA

Gabriel was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis when he was just 17 months old. At 19 months old he nearly lost his life to a complication from this disease called Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)!

Gabriel spent 4 weeks in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's of Alabama hospital in Birmingham! With the help of some unbelievable TEAMS of doctors and amazing Guardian Angel's, Gabriel overcame the complications from the MAS but he is far from being done fighting his fight!

Due to the amount of medical needs Gabriel has (his younger brother is also disabled and has Cerebral Palsy) and the amount of care that is required for him with this disease, my husband is the only one who is able to work while I stay at home to care for him and take him to all of his appointments. Because of the extensive medications he is on and the damage that was caused from the MAS most of Gabriel's doctors are in Portland at Randall Emanuel Children's hospital and OHSU! He must even go to Portland for the dentist because even with dental work the risk for infection is much too great.

Gabriel is also being granted a very special wish in a few shorts weeks thanks to Make A Wish Oregon. His wish is to go to Disney World in Orlando Florida.

Any funds raised will go towards travel, vehicle and general expenses that arise.. anything helps and we are so grateful for any donations made to our family!

Thank you so much, even if you are unable to make a donation, please say a prayer for Gabriel and please share, share, share and help us spread awareness about JIA!

1 in 250 children in the United States have some form of JIA. There are less than 300,000 children in the US that suffer from this awful, life threatening disease. There is no cure. Only hope, courage and love.