It was hard for me to understand how I felt about the possibility of my child inheriting dwarfism.
对我来说孩子可能继承侏儒症从感情上太难理解了。I was told the physical signs of dwarfism would be hard to detect at five months old, and I may have to wait until he was two to be sure.
我从这里知道侏儒症的体征在孩子5个月大的时候是无法检测的。我可能不得不等到他两岁的时候。If it turns out that he has dwarfism, who better to teach him to be tough than someone who has been through it herself?
如果事实证明他患有侏儒症，谁能比我更胜任来教他接受现实变得坚强呢？Individuals afflicted with the most severe congenital form of microcephaly , primordial microcephalic dwarfism, die in childhood.
导致先天小头的疾病，最严重的一种是原发性小头侏儒症，患者在童年就会过世。I remember thinking, "If he has inherited dwarfism, it will be my fault. When he is older, will he blame me and resent me for it? "
我记得当时不停的想：“如果他有继承性侏儒症，这都是我的错，当他长大了，他会怪我恨我吗？”It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet, nine inches tall.
我的特别之处一目了然——由于天生患有软骨不全型侏儒症，我四肢短小，仅有三尺九英寸高。Dwarfism is a rare genetic and medical condition involving only one out of about ten thousand births.
侏儒症是遗传学和医学上的罕见疾病，一万名新生儿中大约只有一名。If he does not have the dwarfism, then by the age of five he will be taller than me.
如果他没有侏儒症，五岁他就会比我高。Doctors believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf, which is caused when the body fails to produce enough growth hormone.
医生认为她患有垂体性侏儒症，是由身体未能分泌足够的成长激素引起的。