Friends With FOP

Like Alan and Suzanne, who blogged on this subject, I was also very upset to hear about an injury suffered by our young friend. For anyone who didn't read those blogs, there's a boy who is age 13 and has Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, just like Miranda and Erin. A couple of days ago, a classmate intentionally struck our friend's knee with a drum mallet. The boy had much swelling as a result of the hit, and now his family fears an FOP flare-up which will lock his knee. Hearing of this reminded me again that when you're dealing ...