hayley's story
since i've been confined to the couch, i've been watching a lot more tv than usual. at noon every day "what not to wear" comes on tlc. it's one of my fave shows. i adore stacy and clinton. anyway, off topic. since they show a lot of the same commercials overandoverandoveragain, i've been seeing a little preview for a show that is coming on this sunday night called "hayley's story". it's about a girl (and other children) with a disease called progeria. this commercial has somehow really grabbed my attention. this little girl hayley is absolutely adorable. she's british, and to me that's the number one cutest thing in the world, so i love to hear her cute little voice every time the commercial comes on.
i've been thinking so much about her that i actually looked up progeria on wikipedia. it's a disease that causes the aging process to speed up, and only 1 in 8 million babies have it. the earliest symptoms are failure to thrive (hello, psych101) and scleroderma, which is a hardening of the skin. here's what else wiki has to say:
"As the child ages past infancy, additional conditions become apparent. Limited growth, alopecia, and a distinctive appearance (small face and jaw, pinched nose) are all characteristic of progeria. The people diagnosed with this disease usually have small, fragile bodies, like those of elderly people.
Later, the condition causes wrinkled skin, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular problems."
alopecia is loss of hair, by the way.
i don't really know why this has affected me so much. sometimes things just happen that way. the saddest part is that most children with progeria don't live past the age of 13, though some have been known to live into their late teens or early twenties.
i didn't mean to make anybody sad by blogging about this, but i just wanted to let everyone know about this show, and i really think if you find yourself at home on sunday evening at 8pm, you should really watch "hayley's story" on tlc and see this beautiful and intelligent girl.
things like this really put life into perspective and make you see that in the grand scheme of things, our little everyday problems are nothing.
i've been thinking so much about her that i actually looked up progeria on wikipedia. it's a disease that causes the aging process to speed up, and only 1 in 8 million babies have it. the earliest symptoms are failure to thrive (hello, psych101) and scleroderma, which is a hardening of the skin. here's what else wiki has to say:
"As the child ages past infancy, additional conditions become apparent. Limited growth, alopecia, and a distinctive appearance (small face and jaw, pinched nose) are all characteristic of progeria. The people diagnosed with this disease usually have small, fragile bodies, like those of elderly people.
Later, the condition causes wrinkled skin, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular problems."
alopecia is loss of hair, by the way.
i don't really know why this has affected me so much. sometimes things just happen that way. the saddest part is that most children with progeria don't live past the age of 13, though some have been known to live into their late teens or early twenties.
i didn't mean to make anybody sad by blogging about this, but i just wanted to let everyone know about this show, and i really think if you find yourself at home on sunday evening at 8pm, you should really watch "hayley's story" on tlc and see this beautiful and intelligent girl.
things like this really put life into perspective and make you see that in the grand scheme of things, our little everyday problems are nothing.