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Tiny Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley stands just over three feet tall and weighs the same as a two-year-old.
小小只的約迪·茹爾丹-布羅姆利站起來(lái)僅3英尺高，跟2歲的孩子一樣重。

The 12-year-old was born weighing just 2.5lbs and measuring 28cms -less than the length of a school ruler.
12歲的小約迪出生時(shí)僅重2.5磅，體長(zhǎng)28厘米，比一把尺子還短。

When she was born, her mother, Brianne Jourdin, 36, was warned her daughter - who was so small nurses named her 'Thumbelina' - was unlikely to survive more than a few days.
她出生的時(shí)候，36歲的母親布里安娜·茹爾丹被告知——她的女兒太嬌小了，護(hù)士們都叫她“拇指姑娘”，她活不了幾天。

Doctors said she was likely to have brain damage and was not expected live, so her parents had her baptised that day.
醫(yī)生稱，小約迪很可能有腦損傷命不久矣，所以她的父母那天為她施洗禮。

Eight months later, she was diagnosed with primordial dwarfism - a condition causing underdevelopment of limbs, which affects about 100 people worldwide.
8個(gè)月后，她被確診為原始性侏儒癥，這會(huì)使得小約迪的四肢無(wú)法正常發(fā)育，這種病全世界大約有100個(gè)病例。

However, despite having learning difficulties and thin and fragile bones - Kenadie, from Kitchener, Ontario, plays hockey, swims, and enjoys going to school.
盡管來(lái)自安大略湖基奇納的小約迪學(xué)習(xí)起來(lái)困難重重、體型小的可憐又弱不禁風(fēng)，她卻打曲棍球，游泳，上學(xué)，日子過(guò)得很開心。

圖注：站在弟弟旁邊12歲的小約迪跟玩偶一一般高??！

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Mother Brianne Jourdin proudly holds Kenadie at hospital before taking her home at three weeks old.
3周大的時(shí)候，在領(lǐng)她回家之前，媽媽布里安娜·茹爾丹在醫(yī)院里驕傲的握著小約迪。

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Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley, pictured next to a Thanksgiving turkey aged one, continues to defy doctors.
圖為一歲的約迪·茹爾丹-布羅姆利挨著感恩節(jié)火雞，繼續(xù)對(duì)醫(yī)生（的定論）PIAPIAPIA打臉。

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Brother Tyran (right) who is two-years-old in this picture, quickly outgrew sister Kenadie, here aged four.
圖右為2歲的哥哥泰瑞特，已經(jīng)比4歲的姐姐約迪長(zhǎng)得快多了。

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One-year-old Kenadie is barely the size of a pringles tube and now weighs the same as a two-year-old, age 12.
1歲的小約迪僅為品客薯片那么高，12歲的她跟2歲的小孩一樣重。

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Mother Brianne Jourdin says watching her daughter taking part in activities makes her so proud.
母親布里安娜·茹爾丹說(shuō)：看著她的女兒參加活動(dòng)讓她覺(jué)得無(wú)比驕傲。