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The Girl With 8 Limbs
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Posted 5 months ago I just posted a series of 5 videos about a two-year-old girl that was born with one of the world's rarest physical abnormalities. She has a parasitic twin and is joined at the pelvis to her half-formed conjoined twin, she has four arms and four legs. She has a heart, two lungs and a liver and one kidney. The other twin has no major organs and has one kidney. In her remote Indian village she is revered as a living god. With exclusive access, this film follows Lakshmi's family on an epic emotional journey from their rural home to a hospital in Bangalore where her parents must decide whether to proceed with potentially life-threatening surgery to remove her extra limbs. It is a very amazing video and if you have a chance to watch it you should. They are each about 10 minutes long. If you're like me, when you watch the first one you'll have to watch the next one and then the next one to see what happens.
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| Posted 5 months ago This is so bizarre. I cannot imagine what it must be like to see it in person. Ginny |
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| Posted 5 months ago Odd. I do feel for the girl and her family. I'm sure they will take on a lot of "head turns". Hope all goes well for them. *Samantha*
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| Posted 5 months ago This little girl is doing great! Oprah had a story aout her and Dr Oz was on and they showed videos of the surg's and her recovery.... a true miricle. |
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| Posted 5 months ago She was actually on the news last night and I saw her walking with her "two legs". God bless her. She truly is special and I can only imagine how happy the parents are that their daughter can have a normal life now. *Samantha*
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