Scleroderma Stories: McCoy Penland

It’s quite rare for a child to be diagnosed with scleroderma. According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are only between 5,000 and 7,000 children in the United States who have the disease. Of those affected, two-thirds are female. McCoy Penland was just 4 years old when her…

Scleroderma Stories: McCoy Penland

McCoy Penland was just four years old when her mother, Tara Penland, noticed she had a sudden lack of energy and was constantly scratching her body. As time went on, her trunk started to harden. At first, doctors thought that McCoy was suffering from eczema and that the…