Living on Borrowed Time: She's 44…in an 83-year-old Body.

Don't go by my age.'" I "WHAT KEEPS ME GOING IS THE LOVE I HAVE FROM OTHER PEOPLE" i - TIFFANY WEDEKIND A trial medication intended to slow progeria's progression made Tiffany violently ill with vomiting so intense that she quit taking it. But Tiffany, 44, who wasn't diagnosed until age 33, and Chad, who was diagnosed at 38 and died a year later, both inherited a milder form of progeria from their mother, Linda, 73. DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE RAPID-AGING DISEASE, TIFFANY WEDEKIND IS LIVING EACH DAY AS IF IT'S HER LAST GIRL INTERRUPTED: TIFFANY'S CHILDHOOD B "Over time, my body just started to develop differently", says Tiffany (in portraits spanning her childhood). [Extracted from the article]

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