A teenager suffering a rare genetic condition that gave her the body of a 100-year-old has died aged 17.
Hayley Okines suffered from the rare disease progeria which ages the body at eight times the normal rate.It involves a mutant protein called progerin that accelerates physical ageing.
There are around 74 known cases of the disease around the world and usually,Progeria patients normally die from heart attacks or strokes at an average age of 13.But Hayley defied the odds to live four more years and even published an autobiography about living with the disease.
Last night her mother Kerry posted on Facebook:
Hayley Okines suffered from the rare disease progeria which ages the body at eight times the normal rate.It involves a mutant protein called progerin that accelerates physical ageing.
There are around 74 known cases of the disease around the world and usually,Progeria patients normally die from heart attacks or strokes at an average age of 13.But Hayley defied the odds to live four more years and even published an autobiography about living with the disease.
Last night her mother Kerry posted on Facebook:
'My baby girl has gone somewhere better. She took her last breath in my arms at 9.39pm x.'Her story was catapulted into the limelight after she starred in documentaries called The Girl who is Older than Her Mother and World's Oldest Teenager: Extraordinary People.
Eyah. I know she's in a better place. Jes like the angel she is... you live on lil one :)
ReplyDeleteVery extraordinary. Rest in peace.
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ReplyDeleteEyah. I know she's in a better place. Jes like the angel she is... you live on lil one :)
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DeleteGod is great!!!!!!! I love the litttle girl so much,she is very beautiful ...- PST. Chekeleke
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Strange things are really happening in this world... May her soul RIP....
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May her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteRIP Hayley
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ReplyDeleteU said it all nice word of wisdom
DeleteIt is well, R.I P
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ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace
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ReplyDeleteRest in peace. IT IS WELL
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