Though she looked normal at birth, Phalatse began to get rashes on her skin when she was just three months. When she turned one year, she began to lose hair, nails and suffered a lot of problems with her skin. She was diagnosed with the disease only when she turned two.
Ontlametse and her mom travel to the United States during her vacation to participate in the research funded by the Progeria Research Foundation at Children's Hospital Boston. This provides her with the latest drugs to battle the disease.
Children with progeria do not survive very long and they usually die between the ages of 8-21.
Source: Medindia
