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02-20-2008, 07:19 AM
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"Mermaid" Baby to have surgery..
'Mermaid girl' to have legs split
Dr Rubio is optimistic about Milagros' operation
Surgeons in Peru are preparing for an operation to separate the legs of a girl born with the rare condition "mermaid syndrome" or "sirenomelia".
Nine-month-old Milagros Cerron has been dubbed the "little mermaid" because her fused legs resemble the tail of a fish.
Usually babies with the condition die within days of birth. Milagros is one of only three known survivors.
A medical team, led by surgeon Luis Rubio, will operate on the girl on 24 February in a hospital in Lima.
The team includes trauma surgeons, plastic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, neurologists, gynaecologists and a paediatrician, and the operation is expected to last five hours.
Read more here.
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02-20-2008, 07:22 AM
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She owes me five bucks.
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02-20-2008, 08:32 AM
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I wish I was a mermaid right now. Id be having fun
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02-20-2008, 08:47 AM
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I wonder how it has affected her ability to go to the bathroom and eventualy have children of her own.
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02-20-2008, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Renatus
I wonder how it has affected her ability to go to the bathroom and eventualy have children of her own.
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Well, the article discusses that she will have surgery to have her legs separated, and corrective surgery for her more delicate parts, so hopefully it won't be affected that much.
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02-21-2008, 03:47 PM
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The article says that she has "only a single channel for her digestive tract and genitals." So... wouldn't that mean that she has a cloaca?
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03-03-2008, 02:14 AM
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Poor little girl!!
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03-03-2008, 07:12 PM
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I ran across mention of a girl in India who had 8 limbs.
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03-04-2008, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by LaBelleDameSansMerci
I ran across mention of a girl in India who had 8 limbs.
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Yup, she's had her operation now. Here's all you really need to know ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wlimbs105.xml
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