Name : Jinn Young  Yi

 Date of birth : February 24, 1987

 Place of birth : Anchorage, Alakska  U.S.A.

 Address :   Jinn Y.  Yi
                   6437 Cobblecreek Circle
                   Anchorage, Alaska  99507
                   U. S. A.        

  Home Phone # : (907)349-4792

Who am I ...?                    

Jinn was born on Fevruary 24, 1987, a chilly day in Anchorage, Alaska.
When Jinn was 14 years old  she is  50.5" tall (127.7 Cm), weigh 60 pounds (27kg), a little small for her age.  She has long hair, long eye lashes, and tiny eyes, small hands and feet, her entire body is very small.
At age 18 years old, she is 4'2" tall and weigh is 60 pound and taking Joloft 25mg every day.

Jinn has a syndrome called Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, nameed after doctor who discovered it.  We don't know what causes this syndrome yet.  It is very rare.  Approximately one in 10,000 - 30,000.  They have one thing is common, that is, it does not matter where they live, they are all alike, almost like brothers and sisters.

         
                            1st birthday with cousin

Jinn go to school every day 7:00AM to 2:45PM.  The school bus come by our house to pick her up at 6:40am and drop her off at 2:45pm.  Of cause she need a little help to riding the school bus.  
Her mom helps her get  ready for school, to wash, brush her teeth, dress and eat breakfast..

     
     hospital at Portland                              3rd bithday

Jinn doesn't have friends yet but her  brother play with Jinn and sometimes her cousins come over and play together. They are 5 and 7years old.

Jinn like to go shopping and eat out, not restaurant, fast food.  She like french fries and coke, and ice cream.  She can not talk yet but she know how to get what she want.  She doesn't understand what we are saying but she know a lot somehow.

 
                       backyard

    CdLS = Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

What is Syndrome ?
What is CdLS ?

"Syndrome" is a medical term for a condition in which there is a collection of signs (observable body changes) and symptoms (problems observed by the patient) recognizable by a doctor's exam. Individuals with a syndrome may not have all of its associated signs and symptoms, but they must have enough to be considered "diagnostic." Conversely, because someone may display some of the signs and symptoms of a syndrome, does not necessarily mean they have it.

In 1933, Dr. Cornelia de Lange, a Dutch pediatrician, described two children with similar features, one 17 months and the other 6 months, who were admitted within weeks of each other to Emma Children's Hospital. The first child had pneumonia. Her first year of life had been characterized by a lot of feeding difficulties and she was very small for her age, with a proportionately smaller head circumference.

Other unusual facial characteristics were noted by Dr. de Lange. Soon after this child was discharged, a second little girl was admitted. Not only did they have common medical problems, but their resemblance to each other was remarkable. In each case the doctor described what she observed with great care and detail.

Professor de Lange followed her own advice: "Observe closely first." Nowhere was the puzzled physician able to find a similar patient described in medical literature. Cornelia de Lange is now generally credited with describing the collection of symptoms comprising the syndrome that bears her name.

The syndrome is sometimes referred to as Brachmann-de-Lange Syndrome after Dr. W. Brachmann, who described a similar patient in 1916. Dr. de Lange may have overlooked his report because he concentrated on characteristics of the upper limbs and wrote on the facial symptoms less specifically. (copy from cdls foundation website)