Baby born with two heads readied for surgery

[NewHampster]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- A team of surgeons made final preparations to operate on a Dominican infant born with a second head, a risky surgery that doctors say they believe to be the first of its kind.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/06/dominican.two.heads.ap/index.html


I hate to say this but will the right to lifers call this murder.

[Bronco69]

1. My thoughts and prayers

are with the baby and her parents today.

[veganwitch]

2. i hope she survives the surgery

a fuck off to was the pro-lifers think.

[NewHampster]

3. What a nightmare for the parents

I can't even imagine what it must be like

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. The second head is parsitic

that is, it cannot live as an independent individual. It is only partially formed. There are cases of parasitic twins recorded in history; the book Very Special People has photographs of those individuals who used to be called "freaks", and includes people having parasitic twins, usually an extra arm or leg. This condition is very rare; nowadays, I think what usually happens is that the extra limb is removed. The only thing that makes this case unusual is that the extra limb is a head.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=722011