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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1983
Page
15
Margaret Casey fights the diagnosis of progeria for her daughter Meg with faith and fierce determination. Doctors finally confirm the deadly illness after years of doubt, while Meg pursues music dance and skating lessons and the family maintains a hopeful daily life despite the cruel prognosis.
Yale New Haven geneticists follow Meg Casey, the institution's only progeria patient, as her mother shields her from the diagnosis. Meg's friend Joan Osgood recalls the pain of hospital exams and a frightening orthopedic room incident that left Meg tearful and furious. A nephew overheard talk that Meg would not live another year, deepening the family's fear and silence.
Meg Casey moves from a ramshackle Cedar Beach cottage to a new home after her father’s terminal cancer. She battles privacy limits and health fears while planning her future, then hires roommate Judy Garry to share duties and support. The unlikely pair form a blunt but functional living arrangement.
Meg Casey discusses the pain of her progeria related disorders and social isolation. She reflects on sexlessness at 27 years old and the wish for a single, wild year to feel different before addressing death and her longing for a future partner. She envisions ashes scattered like dandelion seeds.
In Milford, Meg endures social isolation from grade school through high school at Lauralton Hall, where financial barriers strip her of a social buffer. With classmates avoiding her, she discovers an escape in art, taking lessons thrice weekly and selling pen and ink drawings and watercolors after starting to gain attention.
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