Having been diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism, a two-year-old girl weighs just 7 pounds and must wear newborn clothes. Abigail Lee of Louisiana will reach a height of approximately 24 inches due to the rare condition known as microcephalic osteodysplastic type II primitive dwarfism.
Abigail weighed just 2 pounds, 9 ounces when she gave birth via C-section to her mother, 25-year-old Emily Lee. During the pregnancy, Abigail’s mother, Emily Lee, was told that her daughter was not growing normally, and when Abigail was born, she weighed only 2 pounds, 9 ounces.
Her mother-of-two said: “Abigail is growing at a rate of two grams per day instead of one ounce per day, so she will weigh 7 pounds on her next birthday.”
I don’t know what we’ll do when she’s old enough to tell me that she doesn’t want to wear onesies anymore because she barely fits newborn clothes.
The juxtaposition of my two-year-old and my closest friend’s two-year-old is mind-blowing.
‘Her toys for toddlers her years are monumental compared to her. She has a table and chairs for her Barbies that she herself can recline on.
She consumes like a normal child, but her size prevents her from doing many tasks that a two-year-old would be able to do.
“I had a C-section at 36 weeks and was placed in intensive care immediately.”
She “was breathing and eating normally, but she was extremely small.”
When she was diagnosed, we had never heard of this type of dwarfism, so we had no idea what it was, and it took me months to find someone who had been through the same experience and could offer help.
Abigail has some concerns as a result of her condition at the age of two.
Abigail wasn’t formally diagnosed until she was eight weeks old, even though her parents knew she was growing much more slowly than average. During that time, Abigail was hospitalized, but she was eventually allowed to return home with her mother, Bryan, 25, and her older sister, Samantha, 4, who did not have the disease.
Emily continued, ‘She is healthy but has complications because she was born with dislocated hips. She can’t walk, but she can move and she is receiving therapy.
Also, she has extremely poor eyesight, making it difficult to find glasses that fit her properly.
It is difficult to reconcile a child with special needs and a child without special needs, as Samantha is aware that her sister needs more help.
Samantha is an absolute rock star because she participates in all the therapy and is very protective.
