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Backstreet Boy Launches Lupus Support Group
Arnold Palmer Hospital, together with the Dorough Lupus Foundation, has initiated a support group to address the social and emotional needs of children and teens with lupus, as well as their families. The Dorough Lupus Foundation Support Group is the vision of Howie's mom, Paula Dorough (fondly called Mama D.). To the delight of young Lupus patients, shown above, Howie D and his sister, recording artist Pollyanna, visited Arnold Palmer Hospital along with their parents to launch the new support group and attend the first meeting.
The Dorough Lupus Foundation Support Group meets at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Arnold Palmer Hospital Conference Dining Room. For more information, call 407-896-6187 or toll-free at 866-448-2353 More news...
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Four years ago when Howie D. of the Backstreet Boys lost his sister Caroline to
lupus, he gained a renewed sense of family and began helping patients and
their loved ones battle the disease.
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect various parts of the body, especially
the skin, joints, blood and kidneys.
Shortly after his sister's death, Howie and his family formed the Dorough Lupus Foundation
to aid in research and education, and to provide financial assistance to organizations that help people
living with lupus who cannot afford treatment.
The Dorough Lupus Foundation has also assisted Arnold Palmer Hospital's Child Life Department
by providing artists for the Healing Arts Program.
One of two paintings created by Erich Padilla (right) and pedriatic patients at APH will be
auctioned to raise money for the Dorough Lupus Foundation. The other painting will be
on display at the hospital.