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Girl With Progeria Celebrates Her 15th Birthday
 
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Mon, 18 Jan 2016   ||   Nigeria,
 

Meet a Colombian girl who is living in the body of a 90-year-old woman and has already exceeded her life expectancy of 13.

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She may look like an old lady but Magali Gonzalez Sierra is an ordinary teen girl who likes dancing, music, glitter, pink and make-up.

The only difference is that she suffers from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome — a rare genetic condition characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging beginning in childhood.

As there is no cure, few people with progeria exceed 13 years of age but Magali is one of them. She defied doctors’ expectations and this month celebrated her long-awaited 15th birthday. And this means a lot to her parents who live in constant fear of losing their daughter one day.

Her mother Sofia, 35, said: “Magali wants to be 15. She told me she wants her party; that even though she doesn’t dance, she wants us to dance. She wants balloons and celebrations and that people come.”

A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl’s fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America. It is celebrated differently from any other as it marks the transition from childhood to young womanhood. Nowadays the average quinceañera can range from $12,000 to $15,000 for a one day celebration.

Source: Naij

 

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