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Today is Dwarfism Awareness Day! Brody was born with a rare form of dwarfism called diastrophic dysplasia. It affects 1 in every 500,000 kids and mom and I are genetic carriers of the gene. Holly likely is too even though we are all average height.
It commonly comes with club feet, scoliosis, cleft palate, cervical kyphosis, hearing loss, and breathing issues since it affects cartilage. It does not affect Brody (or anyone else with it) cognitively. Brody got all of the main characteristics except for breathing issues and has had 7 surgeries to assist him with any complications from his condition.
If there are any questions you have about Brody’s condition or about parenting a kid with his condition, go ahead and ask!

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