Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Woman dies at 20 but still looks like a toddler (photos)


A woman died last week at the age of 20 never aged!
Brooke Greenberg of Reisterstown, M.D., puzzled medical professionals for years because she still looked and acted like a toddler. Doctors eventually dubbed her extremely rare condition syndrome X

While the entire outside world may have noticed Brooke's physical stature and been puzzled by her unique development state, she brought joy and love to her family, Rabi Andrew Busch, who delivered the eulogy at the funeral said. "Her parents, three sisters and entire extended family showered her with love and respected her dignity through out her whole life.

Her mother said she stopped aging the age of 5. She, on birth, arrived one month early at just 4 pounds with a rare condition anterior hip dislocation. She needed surgery because her dislocated hips pushed forward and put her legs In an awkward position, pediatrician Lawrence Pakula explained.

Until she died, she still had the appearance and the mental abilities of a toddler.




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