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ANDREA NAGEL/Kootenai Health Six-year-old Kootenai Health patient Gemma Farrell waves “bye bye” as she cruises around the hospital on Wednesday. Gemma, her family and Kootenai Health staff celebrated her last IV session for systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, the rare pediatric disease she has been treated for since early last year.

ANDREA NAGEL/Kootenai Health Six-year-old Kootenai Health patient Gemma Farrell waves “bye bye” as she cruises around the hospital on Wednesday. Gemma, her family and Kootenai Health staff celebrated her last IV session for systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, the rare pediatric disease she has been treated for since early last year.

September 23, 2019

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Years later, young patient bids farewell to hospital
September 23, 2019 1 a.m.

Years later, young patient bids farewell to hospital

COEUR d’ALENE — Holding her little brother’s hand, Gemma Farrell, 6, walked alongside her family to the hospital where she was receiving her final IV treatment for a rare pediatric disease.