Arthritis Foundation Walk

Dean and Mackenzie (in the green t-shirts)

This morning I attended the Arthritis Foundation Walk. One of our young parishioners, Mackenzie Wagner, was honored as a young person who is living with juvenile onset arthritis. Mackenzie's family was there supporting her and I joined with them as we walked through Old Town.

At the ceremony starting the walk, Mackenzie's father, Dean, told how Mackenzie had a fever for 30 days last year that the doctors couldn't diagnose. Finally they figured out it is a juvenile form of arthritis, and she's been treated successfully. Now she's able to be very active in sports and she feels good again.

It was good for me to be there with so many positive Silverdale people supporting this cause.