Arthrogryposis

Anna Was diagnosed with Arthrogyrposis which is used to describe joint contractures at birth. This is very rare, it occurs once in every 3000 births. We are not sure which type she has, but our insurance will not cover the clinical testing to find this out BUT there is research studies being done on it so we will be looking into that. Children with arthrogyrposis can lead a normal life but can have heart defects (she just has a murmur) or central nervous system problems but otherwise progress nicely. The other good news is that arthrogyrposis is a non progressive disease. The genetic dr said that if anything is going on in her brain that it is probably very small due to how developmentally well off she is!