Not long ago, in a land before quarantine, TLC did a special on the little actress Jyoti Amge, an indian actress who had appeared in American Horror Story. Jyoti is very young, early 20’s, and is very much your typical young adult.
She likes to flirt with guys and is obsessed with her phone, and she loves butterflies. However, Jyoti is only 23 inches tall. She was born with primordial dwarfism, which every doctor in India said was caused by ‘bad hormones’ but this is not a hormonal disorder, rather it’s a genetic disorder.
Whatever happened to little Jyoti?
Jyoti has a sister who is normal height, and both of her parents are of normal height, so it looks like for Jyoti, the genetic dice just didn’t roll in her favor – at least not when it came to height.
That’s not the only challenge that Jyoti is facing. When they were on a winter vacation, her Dad took her up to Mt. Kashmir in order to see the snow and while he was carrying her, he fell. He got hurt, but Jyoti seemed to bear the brunt of the fall. Both of her legs were broken.
One was broken in two places, causing her not to be able to stand and walk for long periods of time. She has an odd gait as well, often throwing her foot out from under her. When the doctor took an x-ray he said that she had unhealed fractures in her femur and in her tibia making it hard for her to walk.
Also, in order to be able to move at all, Jyoti has to wear huge braces and go up 3 sizes in shoes in order for her feet to fit into them. Her feet are a size 3, but she has to wear a size 6.
Fortunately for Jyoti, there seems to be a solution, but it would require surgery. Jyoti does not want surgery, and I can’t say that I blame her. Doctors had previously advised her that she may not survive surgery if it came down to it.
Being so young, I can definitely see where she wouldn’t want to take the risk of dying, especially if there’s a chance it could be corrected without surgery. The last time we left Jyoti, she was considering getting the surgery but she was conflicted. We haven’t really heard from her since but according to her instagram she has recently become an Auntie, looks like.
She’s still sporting the same style of shoes she was in the special, so i guess she didn’t go for the surgery yet, but that’s okay. One of her most recent IG pics is captioned “You can’t dull my sparkle” while she spors a pink mask. Indeed we can’t! Will we hear more from Jyoti soon? Let’s hope so. Stay tuned!!!
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