Lysette Anthony

As actress Lysette Anthony waved goodbye to her five-year-old son outside his school gates, her eyes filled with tears. Of course, every child's first day in education is a pivotal moment, but for the actress, it was particularly poignant. Last January, her little boy Jimi was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis - a crippling inflammation of the joints that affects one in a thousand children in Britain. It leads to irregular bone growth and a stiffness in the limbs that can, if left untreated, render sufferers wheelchair-bound. To combat his bleak prognosis, he was prescribed steroids and chemotherapy that, while helping to ease the swelling ... Read Full Story

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