12 Year Old Girl

This little girl with a big heart is the dream of the future. But doctors say that 12-year-old girl named Ontlametse Falaste was only a few years of life. It is the only black child diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, Progeria - a rare fatal disease, accelerating the aging process. Children with this disease die from heart failure at the age of 8 to 21 years, suffering from high blood pressure, strokes, coronary artery disease and heart failure. On 9 June 2010 on 53 people suffering from progeria. 11 more images after the break...