Toddler with eight limbs branded 'reincarnation of Hindu god' to undergo life-saving operation

[CatWoman]

She has such a pretty face :hug:

I hope she comes out ok :hug:



http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23419627-details/Toddler+with+eight+limbs+branded+'reincarnation+of+Hindu+god'+to+undergo+life-saving+operation/article.do

[Az]

1. I wonder how much credit the Doctors will get for saving her life

I also hope she doesn't develop any phantom limb syndrome as that would be a major pain in her case.

[movonne]

8. What a beautiful child...

[David Zephyr]

11. My response, too.

Here's hoping her surgery works out well and that she has a good life.

[MrCoffee]

2. poor kid. good luck with the surgery.

that picture is freaking me all the way out.

[Sequoia]

4. Some Hindu gods have 16 limbs.

[MrCoffee]

9. thanks for that.

[shadowknows69]

3. I wish her good luck

and the doctors better luck if she indeed is a hindu god.

[AuntPatsy]

5. Very pretty face and such beautiful eyes.....my grandaughter has huge dark eyes like that

they can melt your heart...I wish this lovely little girl all the best our present day medical care has to offer..so thankful that in at least the medical field we have come out of the dark ages that once feared such innocent children.

[xultar]

6. Her eyes are beautiful. Such a sweetie pie. Good luck hun!

[kestrel91316]

7. Dear god. That's just creeping me out. And as a surgeon, I

am completely wigged out by the thought of them having to decide which of the 6 legs to keep and which to get rid of. And the actual surgery itself.........holy moly.

I just read the actual article (duh, you really should try it more often, kestrel). Parasitic twins creep me out even more. At least they know right where to cut........

This is why need maternity exams and prenatal ultrasound......

[Az]

12. I was thinking that myself

I am guessing they will either go with which ever two have the best nerve/motor control or which ever are centered best.

Good grief... does she have sockets for each of those limbs? Or are they just vestigial? eesh... brain going oogey.

[thereismore]

19. Do you mean she should have been aborted if ultrasound showed this deformity? nt

[pansypoo53219]

22. i think i see an arm.

maybe one of the others is 2. wonder where the head went.

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Sadly

in India I think they mostly use prenatal ultrasound to eliminate female fetuses.

[hedgehog]

28. What would prenatal ultrasound have done? GIven a reason to abort?

I don't know when a developing human becomes human. Choosing abortion because the potential life doesn't mean standard requirements isn't always a good thing. In this country, people abort fetuses with an extra chromosome (Down's syndrome).
In India, people abort fetuses for lack of a Y chromosome.

[rox63]

10. I wonder if this is actually a type of conjoined-twin situation?

I hope she comes out of the surgery ok.

[kestrel91316]

13. It's a parasitic headless twin situation. I finally got up the nerve to

read the original article.

[Der Blaue Engel]

14. "Parasitic" twin x-ray

Wow, this is amazing:



I find this sort of thing fascinating. It doesn't creep me out in the least.

[Gormy Cuss]

20. The X-ray is fascinating.

Looking only at the photo the girl seems to have six legs but the X-ray makes it pretty clear that she has four arms and four legs and an almost complete twin attached.

[nealmhughes]

15. Looking closely at the picture, it seems that the two bottom legs are "normal".

It seems to be the four upper legs are parasitic.

I hope her surgery goes well, sweet little thing!

[DS1]

16. I, for one, welcome our alien overlords

[pnwmom]

17. They're only removing two of the limbs now.

I hope they will be able to do more later on.

[symbolman]

18. I feel sorry for the little cutie, I DO

but when I viewed the Xray, the theme song from "Spiderman" kept running through my head.. I already Know there's something wrong with me, thanks..

Looks like a surgeon needs to remove the lower attached non person, the sockets for her legs seem to be there, no tailbone though.. So sad, and she's had to endure if for so long too..

[CatWoman]

21. crikey

I watched Spiderman 3 last night :hi:

(I like Transformers better :) )

[soothsayer]

24. what a cutie!

[Ezlivin]

25. I hope this doesn't give Barry Bonds any ideas

Bless her heart.

[Deja Q]

26. Or Wilt Chamberlain...

Agreed, best of luck for the little girl.

[DesertRat]

27. Poor kid. I hope the outcome is a good one.

[malaise]

29. She'll be OK

What a sweetie.

[flashl]

30. Be well. n/t