I developed JRA my freshman year of high school and it was rough. I kept the same course load but ended up doing hospital home bound services for about half a school year. Do they have this type of program that may help or could he do a virtual school in which credits will transfer to his high school when he can go back. Hope that they find out what is going on and he is ok soon. You may want to have them test for Lyme disease just to rule it out. I know it starts with a viral type illness and can lead to some pretty serious chronic fatigue.