Posted by Helen on: 06.24.2008 /
In November I posted about Lakshmi, the young girl with eight limbs, four from a conjoined twin which didn’t fully develop. At that time she had a lengthy operation to remove the extra limbs.
I was pleased to read a CNN update on Lakshmi saying she’s doing well:
Lakshmi Tatma whirls around in her walker at a charity school for disabled children in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, one tiny arm holding a balloon, her bandaged legs splayed wide apart, an enormous smile on her face.
Twirling in a wheeled plastic disc is unremarkable for most 2-year-olds but a big achievement for Lakshmi, a child born with eight limbs who her rural villagers believed was a goddess, not a girl, and who underwent a surgery last fall unlike any her doctors had ever performed.
Comment by: Jason Horton
1I think that it is better that people looked on her as a goddess rather than as a monster. I’m glad she’s doing well.
Comment by: Helen
2Good point Jason - I agree.