Progeria isn't one of those diseases that gets the pomp and circumstance. Hwang first made national news back in late 2011 when Ryan Seacrest arranged for her favorite singer, fellow teen Selena Gomez, to visit her in the hospital. But it's the video Hana Hwang made later, a tribute to her idol, that could change the way the world looks at childhood disease:
A girl who looks like an elderly woman, right? And yet, everything about Hana is girlish! Her favorite song, her favorite singer, her hobby of making bracelets! More from The Stir: Brave 4-Year-Old Survives Breast Cancer
Disease, whether it's something well known like cancer or rare like progeria, sneaks in and steals a kid's childhood away.
Logistically, it's more appropriate to focus on diseases that hurt large numbers of kids.
God Bless you Hana.............
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