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Boy, 9, and his doctor spread awareness about juvenile arthritis

It started in his knees. Kasper Roden-Riisnaes, 9, began complaining in March that his legs and knees hurt. They hurt so much that he had trouble standing up and walking. While his mother, Kim Roden, initially thought it was just growing pains, she knew something was wrong when her son could barely get out of bed for school.