The 20-year lady who became a web sensation after giving birth to child with an uncommon ageing disorder has responded to the look of her kid.
The mentally challenged mother, gave birth at home on 26 June in a town outside Libode, Eastern Cape, to a child with an extremely disorder condition called Progeria that makes kids age quickly.
Progeria, also called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria disorder (HGPS) is brought about by a mutation (change) in the lamin (LMNA) quality.
Talking in a interview, the young lady said that she and her family have turned into a community laughing stock.
“This is my first child, I expected a baby that will make me happy, I don’t know how I will live a life with a child that is already looking this old at two months.”
Ongeziwe says she needs mental counselling and mental assistance to help her deal with this. She additionally called on the government to come and take the youngster away.
Her two-month-old child, Onesipho, which signifies “the gifted one”, is now an outsider in the community, contrasted with something not human, yet her name conveys such a lot of weight and volume.
The grandma Ntombizakhe Mtshobi, who is 55 years of age, says that this is so difficult to acknowledge. It’s never been seen before that a two-month-old child looks like a 90 year old.
“We have become a laughing stock in the community, I have so many kids and I am not employed and now this happens.”
She says that the only question she has is how will the child grow up to be?
“When I hold her, I burst into tears,” in the words of the devastated grandmother.”
