Jude Peters wears clothes, like his Superman t-shirt, meant for someone around 3-months-old.
Jude Sullivan Peters was diagnosed with one of the most lethal, and rarest diseases in the world – Type 1 RCDP. It’s an extremely rare form of dwarfism that results in respiratory problems, skeletal abnormalities, shortening of the bones in the arms and legs, and extreme developmental disabilities.
So when he was born, even living three months was a long shot.
“They prepared us that Jude might not be compatible with life outside the womb,” said his mother Hannah Peters to USA Today
Peters says through the pregnancy, doctors knew Jude wasn’t growing properly. They told her he’d weigh three pounds and probably wouldn’t cry when he was born. But Jude proved them wrong, weighing six pounds and making his voice heard.
“They held him up in the air so I could see him and we always say it was a warrior cry,” Peters said to USA Today “He really let out a warrior cry.”
After a couple of days he was diagnosed with Type 1 RCDP, an extreme form of dwarfism that causes respiratory problems and shortening of the bones in his arms and legs.
