RIP Hayley Okines
Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 09:19
A girl with a rare genetic condition which made her body age eight times faster than normal has died at the age of 17.
Hayley Okines, from Bexhill, East Sussex, became known as the 100-year-old teenager through her efforts to raise awareness of progeria.
Her mother, Kerry, announced Hayley's death on Thursday evening.
"My baby has gone somewhere better. She took her last breath in my arms at 9.39pm," she wrote.
Her father Mark said Hayley was being treated for pneumonia, and had briefly returned home from hospital on the day she died.
"She came home for an hour and she saw her puppies, little brother Louie and her sister Ruby," he said.
"I think she wanted to come home to say goodbye to everybody.
"I think she knew that yesterday was going to be the time."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32174131
So sad! ca99