Simão Pedro Santos Silva, a 17-year-old from Taíde, Póvoa de Lanhoso, who suffered from a rare degenerative disease, died today at the age of 17.
Simão was diagnosed at the age of nine with Niemen Pick type C, a condition that prevented him from developing normally. “I was born on 09/28/2009 and apparently I was going to be a child who would discover the world, play, laugh, grow and be happy. I did all that over the years and I continue to do s…
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Simão Pedro Santos Silva, a 17-year-old from Taíde, Póvoa de Lanhoso, who suffered from a rare degenerative disease, died today at the age of 17.
Simão was diagnosed at the age of nine with Niemen Pick type C, a condition that prevented him from developing normally. “I was born on 09/28/2009 and apparently I was going to be a child who would discover the world, play, laugh, grow and be happy. I did all that over the years and I continue to do s…