More people who have it worse than you and me.

[chaotic_nipple]

Doctors in India have begun operating on a two-year old girl who was born with four arms and four legs.

Lakshmi Tatma is joined to what is known as a "parasitic twin" which stopped developing in the mother's womb.

The operation to correct the rare condition - known as isciopagus - is expected to take up to 40 hours.

Now I don't feel so bad about not being able to spend Thanksgiving with family. At least none of them are ever likely to need operations that last 2 days.

Comments

[corwynofamber.livejournal.com]

Hmmm I had a similar thought
"Now I don't feel so bad about >having< to spend Thanksgiving with family. At least >I am not likely< to need operations that last 2 days."

[nanimo.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, Thanksgiving...

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

"Pass the Indian, please!"

[nanimo.livejournal.com]

?

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Firesign Theatre (http://www.firesigntheatre.com/npr/index.html) reference.

[tssandwich.livejournal.com]

Every time I see this story, I think of the parasitic twin in A Canticle for Liebowitz. Shouldn't an incarnation of Vishnu be able to do the surgery herself, without doctors?

[bratling.livejournal.com]

good news! the surgery was successful; she now is recovering in the ICU. (36 doctors!)