[neverdem]

stem cell ping

[dandelion]

I have long had these children on my heart and in my prayers. Mickey Hays, a young boy living in my area of East Texas, had progeria and was a local celebrity. He lived a remarkable, full life and died at the old age of 20 - astounding, considering the course of the disease.

http://paulkyser.blogspot.com/2006/10/mickey-hays.html

I pray for a cure; but even should we not find it, I pray for the hope and joy of Mickey Hays to fill the hearts of all those who are dying of old age. The body is so small a thing when compared to the soul...