KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- Jade Metivier was only 13 when she went through three surgeries that lasted 13 hours each.

Her diagnosis of Midface Hypoplasia meant that the bones in the middle of her face didn’t grow as fast as her chin and forehead.

“I could feel that people were confused when they looked at me, and I just kind of felt uncomfortable in a way,” Jade said.

She had trouble breathing, eating and even speaking to her friends.

“It was also hard just talking to them, too, because I would say something and they just wouldn't understand me, no matter how hard I would try," Jade said.

When they found the right surgeon at New York Presbyterian, her parents, Mark and Christi, were nervous about the treatment plan.

“Understanding what she was going to go through, we actually had sec

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