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(Norfolk, Virginia) Little Pamela Hobbs is not like other girls her age, she hasn’t started pre-school. She can’t go to the park and play. She can’t clap her hands. Pamela can’t do many things because she suffers from Manos Gargantius, a rare disease which has caused her hands to grow faster than the rest of her body.”When she was born, she was perfect, just perfect,” shares Florence Hobbs, Pamela’s mother. “When she turned two she started complaining that her hands hurt. We didn’t think anything of it, you know something on kids always hurts. But soon after that she started telling us that her hands were growing heavy,” recalls  Florence.

Florence continued, “So we took her to a see a pediaorthopedic specialist. After weeks of tests, during which her hands kept growing, the doctor came back with his diagnosis. My husband and I were like Mano Garwhat? We thought he was messing with us, so we asked are you shitting us?”

Manos Gargantius is similar to DNA repair-deficiency disorder, but instead of causing premature aging, it causes accelerated growth of the hands. While researchers are making advances with DNA repair-deficiency disorder, at this time nothing can be done for poor little Pamela.

Doctors are hopeful that once the rest of her body catches up to her hands, she’ll be able to lead a normal life, but for now Pamela must suffer through this with the help of her parents. “She keeps a really good attitude about it. She even jokes around that she is going to be a clown when she grows up, ” Florence sniffs as she looks at Pamela playing.

Photo courtesy of: Borki

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