“6 Going on 60,” a one-hour documentary featuring Kaylee Halko, is scheduled to air on TLC at 9 p.m. Dec. 13.

TLC released this description: “‘6 Going on 60’ follows the story of two vibrant, young girls, Kaylee Halko, 6, and Lindsay Ratcliffe, 5, who suffer from a rapid aging disease called progeria, a fatal, genetic condition that only affects 54 children in the world. This moving film follows these brave little girls as they try to live happy, normal lives in the face of such a rare, incurable condition and their families’ efforts to finding a cure.”

Kaylee, a kindergarten student at Monclova Primary School, started the first clinical drug trial for progeria in 2007 and began a new triple-drug trial in September.

A director and cameraman from Blink Films of London spent one week with the Halko family in August and returned to the States to get footage of Kaylee’s Course in October. The fourth annual race for progeria raised $57,500, according to Tim Halko, Kaylee’s father.

Funds went to the Progeria Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering treatments and a cure for the condition.

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