| 6th November 2007 01:31 PM |
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| Starbuck |
amazing!
let them grow, i say! let them grow!
Girl born with 8 limbs undergoes surgery
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-06 23:35
BANGALORE, India - Doctors began operating Tuesday on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs in an extensive surgery that they hope will leave the girl with a normal body, a hospital official said.
Lakshmi, second from left, sits in her mother Poonam's lap as she poses next to her father Shambhu and brother Mithilesh, right, at the Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore, India, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. [Agencies]
The girl named Lakshmi is joined to a "parasitic twin" that stopped developing in the mother's womb. The surviving fetus absorbed the limbs, kidneys and other body parts of the undeveloped fetus.
A team of 30 doctors was removing the extra limbs and organs. They have separated the fused spines and the next step will be to separate the extra limbs and then the rest of the "parasite," said Dr. Sharan Patil, the orthopedic surgeon leading the operation.
"As of now, the child has been responding very well," Patil said several hours into the operation.
Lakshmi is named after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth, and some in her village in the northern state of Bihar revere her.
"Everybody considers her a goddess at our village," said her father, Shambhu, who goes by one name. "All this expenditure has happened to make her normal. So far, everything is fine."
Others sought to make money from Lakshmi. Her parents kept her in hiding after a circus apparently tried to buy the girl, they said.
The complications for Lakshmi's surgery are myriad: The two spines are merged, she has four kidneys, entangled nerves, two stomach cavities and two chest cavities. She cannot stand up or walk.
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| 6th November 2007 01:33 PM |
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| steel driving hammer |
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| 6th November 2007 01:43 PM |
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| Starbuck |
i could play two rickenbackers at once if i had those arms! |
| 6th November 2007 01:55 PM |
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| pdog |
I'm so glad my kids are healthy. |
| 6th November 2007 01:57 PM |
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| steel driving hammer |
Amen.
Teach your children the way of the Stones.
Well not THE way but the way, you know. |
| 6th November 2007 02:01 PM |
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| pdog |
My six year old thinks The Stones are The Ramones when he sees pictures...
He likes Rancid more than both of them too...
Kids nowadays just don't dig the oldies. |
| 6th November 2007 02:07 PM |
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| steel driving hammer |
Maybe cause you don't dig the oldies?
Howe could a kid not like Fats Domino? |
| 6th November 2007 02:24 PM |
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| pdog |
quote:
steel driving hammer wrote:
Maybe cause you don't dig the oldies?
I listen to Eddie Cochran everyday... |
| 6th November 2007 03:16 PM |
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| Starbuck |
this thread is a disapointment! i am shamed! |
| 6th November 2007 05:35 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
that's bizzare - i thought those weird indian deities with all those arms were just a myth - but no - they are for real!! |
| 6th November 2007 05:39 PM |
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| Joey |
I Masturbate .......
It is TRUE ! |
| 6th November 2007 05:45 PM |
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| pdog |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
this thread is a disapointment! i am shamed!
another useless article... the child should be killed... IMO! |
| 6th November 2007 06:02 PM |
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| gypsy |
Oh, that's sad. This thread should be laid to rest. |
| 6th November 2007 06:08 PM |
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| mrhipfl |
quote:
pdog wrote:
another useless article... the child should be killed... IMO!
why? I would agree if there was no surgical option, but there seems to be a chance that she can have a normal life if all goes well. |
| 6th November 2007 08:59 PM |
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| TomL |
Don't fuck with the kids. |
| 7th November 2007 03:24 AM |
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| EELPIE |
quote:
Joey wrote:
I Masturbate .......
It is TRUE !
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| 7th November 2007 06:39 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
EELPIE wrote:
you are on fire
That is right !!!
Keep readin' ..... just keep readin'
" I got a LOT more Ronnie !!! "
Cakes
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| 7th November 2007 07:05 PM |
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| fireontheplatter |
quote:
pdog wrote:
another useless article... the child should be killed... IMO!
dude....obviously it is to late. |
| 8th November 2007 04:42 PM |
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| fireontheplatter |
i heard on the news last night...this girl under went a 22-24 hour successful operation, and it is believed she will walk again.
very good news....finally some good news. |
