Siblings

“Cast all your anxiety on God because he cares for you.”  1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

We found an article on the internet that was very reassuring (and might be to you as well).  It was written by Dr. Robert Warner in "The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics."  It states, "Histories of its occurences in families, especially in siblings, have indeed been rare."  "...there is a strong hereditary aspect to congential amputations if (a). they are multiple (several limbs involved), (b). they are accompanied by other anomalies, or (c) there are other systems involved.  But it has been a fairly universal practice for those who give genetics counselling to families after the birth of a child with a single, below-elbow amputation to give them reassurance that this is probably nonhereditary and has only a very minimal (almost nonexistant) chance of recurrence." 

We believe it is so important to let the siblings of children with limb differences know they are different and special in their own ways.  God has a purpose for every person he creates.