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Friday, December 15, 2006

Birth defects round-up... And you thought YOU had it rough!!

Birth defects roundup:
1) In China, a boy was born with "mermaid syndrome," in which the legs "are joined together from thigh to heel." He has a bum heart, "no kidney or urinary tract," and other defects. Odds of survival: very bad. 2) In the United States, a boy was born with his heart sticking out of his chest. Doctors moved it inside him and will protect it by grafting bits of his ribs across his chest. Odds of survival: very good. 3) In Chile, a boy was born with a twin fetus in his belly. It was 4 inches long and "had limbs and a partially developed spinal cord but no head." Odds of survival: excellent, but not for the fetus.