I am a mother of six children. My fourth child, Bregan, who is seven years old, has just been diagnosed with morphea. This started three years ago with a patch on the left side of her abdomen, and it seems to be spreading around the left side to her back. She is still going for blood tests to make sure it is not affecting any other body organs.

This is all new to me, and I am finding it hard to understand. I have a lot of questions, but find it hard to get the answers. I suppose you could say I am hoping for good answers to say that this is just going to go away.

We live in New Zealand and have been told this is very rare. Bregan has seen several specialists, and they were a bit skeptical at first, but I think it is because they do not know enough about it. Could someone please tell me more about it and help me understand this disease a bit more?

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