Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Eight-limbed girl!


Eight-Limbed Girl Has Successful Surgery

BANGALORE, India (Nov. 7) - Doctors in southern India completed a grueling 24-hour operation Wednesday on a girl born with four arms and four legs that surgeons said will give the 2-year-old a chance at a normal life.

The surgery went "wonderfully well," said Dr. Sharan Patil, who led a team of more than 30 surgeons in performing the marathon procedure to remove Lakshmi's extra limbs, salvage her organs and rebuild her pelvis area.

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2 comments:

videorose said...

this, and the above comment. both bananas

D. said...

Octo, Your lucky number must be 8!
Not so lucky for this little girl however, and they didn't even call her the human octopus. Hope she survives...