At first, Maria attributed everything to their premature birth. She tried to convince herself that, with time, everything would get better. But the doctors’ serious expressions told a different story.
After the final examinations, the family heard the word that would change their lives forever.
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Progeria.
A rare genetic disease in which signs of accelerated aging begin to appear in a child’s body at a very young age.
For a long time, Maria could not accept the word. Her daughters had barely been born. How could their bodies already be fighting against time?
Daniel took the news even harder. When he returned home, he sat on the floor of the children’s room for a long time, staring at the two cribs he had built with so much love.
That night, their home became silent again, but it was a different kind of silence. Before, the silence had been one of waiting. Now, it was the silence of fear.
