Hayley Okines, the courageous
17-year-old from England with a rare and fatal condition that prematurely aged
her body nearly eight times faster than normal, passed away Thursday night. Her
mother, Kerry, posted the announcement on Facebook: “My baby girl has gone
somewhere better. She took her last breath in my arms at 9.39pm x.”
17-year-old from England with a rare and fatal condition that prematurely aged
her body nearly eight times faster than normal, passed away Thursday night. Her
mother, Kerry, posted the announcement on Facebook: “My baby girl has gone
somewhere better. She took her last breath in my arms at 9.39pm x.”
Hayley, who penned the
autobiography Old Before My Time at the age of 14 and was known as Britain’s
100-year-old teenager (her body had aged to 104 at the time of her death),
suffered from Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome, also known as HGPS or
Progeria.
autobiography Old Before My Time at the age of 14 and was known as Britain’s
100-year-old teenager (her body had aged to 104 at the time of her death),
suffered from Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome, also known as HGPS or
Progeria.
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