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John and Cassie Dibble's son Jacob was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, when he was born in 2018

Now, the family is raising two children with the same genetic disorder after adopting son Christian, now 14, in 2023

Because he had arrived in the U.S. in such difficult shape, his doctor initially thought Christian might never be able to walk — but in June, he took his first steps with the help of a walker and leg braces

When John and Cassie Dibble's son Jacob, their fourth child, was born in 2018, he was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease , which causes bones to break easily and sometimes for no reason.

Now, the Virginia parents of six raising two children with the same disorder after a

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