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Little Cyn’niah Burton is dancing her way to internet stardom thanks to her upbeat attitude and adorable smile.
The cute 3-year-old, from Woodville, Mississippi, was born with the rare genetic disorderosteogenesis imperfecta type 3, which causes severe bone fragility and malformations. Infants with the condition typically develop shortened and bowed limbs, small chests and a soft skull cap, theOsteogenesis Imperfecta Foundationreports, as well as respiratory and swallowing problems. When Cyn’niah was born, she already had several broken bones, mom Destini Jackson toldGood Morning America.
“She spent one month in the NICU — we brought her home then brought her back due to colic because of the casts,” Jackson toldGMA. “I had to teach myself how to handle her.”
“She knows that other kids are moving around and she tries to do what they do,” Jackson told GMA. “I can tell she wants to walk, and she can tell something is different about her.”
Despite the discomfort and difficulties she is experiencing at such a young age, Cyn’niah — who is lovingly nicknamed Little Cee Bitty Bee — has remained a smiling ray of sunshine.
For weeks, her mother has posted clips and videos of Cyn’niah toFacebookandInstagram, picking up a collection of thousands of followers who tune in to see the toddler’s daily laughs and dances (she loves grooving toGolden Girls).
GoFundMe
The family recently started aGoFundMepage to raise money for Cyn’niah’s upcoming surgery, set for later this month. It has raised a little more than $800 of its $2,000 goal.
“I want [Cyn’niah] to know, ‘You’re a little special, but it doesn’t mean you’re not like every other child,'” Jackson told the news outlet. “If she keeps the same attitude, then she will go above and beyond of what people think she could do.”
source: people.com
