Cyclists Raising Money for Lupus. Sometimes I wonder how my condition affects my kids. Here's a story about two men, James Mason and Dylan Trakas, who just finished cycling to raise money for the Lupus Foundation. Trakas' mother has lupus. He's doing this to raise awareness of his mother's condition. Such a wonderful thing to do.
Was Louisa May Alcott Lupie? It has recently been theorized that Louisa May Alcott may have had lupus. According to the report, she had a butterfly rash in her pictures. That is one of the symptoms of lupus, so it is a possibility. It takes the average person five years to be diagnosed with lupus. Imagine having to wait 120 years after you die! Poor Louisa!