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“She doesn’t let anything hold her back.”
![Taytum sits on a tiny ATV. She’s wearing a floral top and jeans and her waist-length hair is loose. She’s smiling, her tongue is out, and she’s flipping a peace sign to the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-1.jpg?itok=R_PGins-)
![Taytum and her family—including her parents and brother, Silas—pose for a group portrait at the edge of a lake. Her parents are both larger—her mom, who has curly brown hair, is wearing a pink top and camo jacket, and her dad, who is bearded and has a tattoo sleeve, is wearing a pink tee. Silas is taller than Taytum and has his arm around her. Everyone is smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-2.jpg?itok=5ZuqLk7C)
![Taytum holds her toy stethoscope to a plush heart. She is in the background of the photo and is blurred out. The heart is in focus.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-3.jpg?itok=7G9dr3-m)
![Taytum, wearing blue scrubs, a white doctor’s coat and a pink stethoscope, flexes one arm and smiles.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-4.jpg?itok=LL4akuLC)
![Taytum and her family all laugh as they hug each other. They are sitting on some rocks in an outdoor setting.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-5.jpg?itok=xG4WR-Gy)
![Taytum sits on a rock next to the lake. She holds her hands up in the sky and grins.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-6.jpg?itok=0yE3xw72)
![Taytum chomps down on a McDonald’s cheeseburger, held in both hands. She is still wearing her white coat and scrubs.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-7.jpg?itok=T1jvmpiM)
![Taytum and Silas pose for a photo. Taytum has her hands on her hips. Sillas has his arm around her. Both are smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_sqaure/public/taytum-jackson-8.jpg?itok=51q3nxpq)
Taytum Jackson is far from your average little girl—she has been beating every odd against her since before she was born. Taytum was born as a Monoamniotic-Monochorionic twin, or a “MoMo” twin, meaning both embryos develop within a single shared amniotic sac. There are many potential complications such as cord entanglement and cord compression, and the pregnancy is also considered extremely high risk. For both babies, there is only a 50% chance of survival rate.
Taytum was not expected to live more than two weeks after her sister passed, much less over six months after being delivered prematurely. Slowly but surely, Taytum continued to beat every odd stacked against her. Since her birth, Taytum has undergone surgery to treat her arthrogryposis (a lack of muscular development and growth that causes deformity in joints). She was referred to a nearby hospital to have surgery to fix her patent ductus arteriosus at just three years old. Despite everything she has been through, Taytum has passed with flying colors.
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