She has definitely proved all those doctors wrong.
She has defied all odds.
Twelve-year-old Kennedy, Jordan Bromley, has primordial dwarfism, a condition that causes those with it to be very small but in proportion and affects around a hundred people worldwide.
She’s just started seventh grade, which is almost two feet shorter than her classmates, but despite her proving doctors wrong by living as long as she has, her mother still worries about her future.
Most parents don’t have to imagine their kid not living past whatever age, but it’s a reality for us.
But I will probably lose her.
When Kennedy was born, she weighed just two and a half pounds and measured 11 inches from head to toe.
When she was born, she was really perfect.
She was just miniature.
She was chubby you.
She had pink skin, her eyes were bright brown, baptized plenty straight away, as doctors told her she was too small to survive and was missing part of her brain.
So we thought we were gonna take her home to die, because that’s what they told us, and we were home.
We were able to just live life every day.
And, you know, eventually we realized that she wasn’t gonna die and that we were just gonna live every day with our baby.
Kennedy proved the doctors wrong and he’s now 12 years old.
She is kind-hearted, she is loving.
You know she wants to share everything with everyone.
She is feisty, she’s determined, she’s independent.
She didn’t take no crap from nobody.
Kennedy weighs twenty three and a half pounds, wears an infant size six you- and stands just thirty nine and a half inches tall, making her shorter than her younger brother Tyron.
She even sister.
Sometimes it’s kind of hard to do things with her because she doesn’t understand time.
It’s not different than everybody else, I know she is.
But to me now.
Sometimes, if we’re outside at the park, if anybody says something mean about her, I’ll just go up and say: like when, if you you were like, that would if people did that to you.
Today.
Kennedy has started seventh grade and although she’s the same age as her classmates, she’s not as developed academically and so learns different subjects and skills like cooking.
Kennedy is makes me laugh.
She’s very empathetic.
If you hurt your finger or she comes and gives you a hug, she’s got an infectious laugh.
It just makes you want to just laugh along with her.
I mean you know kids will be kids and they will look at her just because she is tiny.
You know, you don’t.
Often, you know, get a chance to see somebody- that’s that small, going through schools.
I would hope that she has a wonderful and in full life and that she feels that she fits in with, with everyone, and that’s what we try so hard to do, just to make her feel that she is a part of things and that she’s no different than anybody else.
You know, despite her size, when she’s not in school, Kennedy enjoys skating and bowling, and he’s going to start swimming soon-
Makes me proud to cry.
I cry the time she’s on the skin, everything she does.