Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Octalimb girl undergoes surgery


In India, there is a girl that was born with 8 limbs. She had 4 arms and 4 legs. People in her village believe her to be sacred and and some are upset that the girl's parents are having her get surgery. While this girl was developing inside of her mother, a twin did not develop all of the way and was fused to the girl causing her to have 8 limbs. The people in her village are upset and they are thinking about building a temple to her because they think she is a sacred person sent from the gods. The parents of the girl only earn $1 a day so they could not afford the surgery to get her parasitic "twin" removed. The hospital foundation agreed to pay for the surgery for the girl. Doctors think that she wouldn't have lived passed early adolescence if she was still connected to her twin.

I think this is a really cool story. Having 8 limbs would be amazing for a while at least I think. You could do your homework, eat, color a picture, cook, kick a soccer ball, dance, and walk all at the same time! Weird. But i still think it would be great to be special like that. She is FAMOUS for having something different about her. I wish that I had it that easy to be famous. I hope that the girl goes through surgery safetly and she isn't bothered by the media for her whole life. Her parents seem like good people and they try to keep her safe and help her to have a normal life. I mean, when people came around asking her to be in a circus, they hid her. They seem nice.

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