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Dr. Lin:
I want to assure you both that there is nothing debilitating about Your son's condition. He's totally healthy, normal in appearance, alert and quite happy. However, his cells are developing at what we feel is four times the normal rate. Even though your son was only 10 weeks old when he was born, physically he was nine months and ready to leave your womb. Dr. Benfante:
Nature has given us all an internal clock. It meters out lifespan; controls our growth. Your son's internal clock seems to be ticking faster than usual
I want to assure you both that there is nothing debilitating about Your son's condition. He's totally healthy, normal in appearance, alert and quite happy. However, his cells are developing at what we feel is four times the normal rate. Even though your son was only 10 weeks old when he was born, physically he was nine months and ready to leave your womb. Dr. Benfante:
Nature has given us all an internal clock. It meters out lifespan; controls our growth. Your son's internal clock seems to be ticking faster than usual
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Movie Summary
Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.
