TAWAS CITY â While the diagnosis of an uncommon disease can be devastating, those going through the ordeal have a much better shot at success when the problem is detected early.
This is the case for Arianna Rose Kellar-Miller, 4, Tawas City, who recently learned that she has the rare autoimmune disease juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).
Her mother, KC Kellar, and father, Matthew Miller, acknowledge that the young girl has a long road ahead of her. However, they note that things could have been much worse if not for the quick response of Tana McKulsky, a family nurse practitioner for Ascension St. Joseph Hospital Pediatrics.