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On the opposite end of the spectrum from Brenden, Kristin sees the world in a different perspective. She is 26 years old but stands just 3'3" tall —the height of an average 4- or 5-year-old. While Kristin says she may be short in stature, she's tall in spirit.
Kristin was born full-term weighing just 2 pounds, 11 ounces and 15 inches long—75 percent smaller than the average baby. Doctors suspected Kristin had a rare form of dwarfism, but most dwarfs have normal-size torsos and heads with shorter limbs and bowed legs. In Kristin's case, everything was proportionate—just very tiny.
When she was 8 years old and just 2'9" tall, doctors finally diagnosed Kristin with primordial dwarfism—a disorder she shares with only 100 people in the world.
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