# 8 limbed child born **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392 "2007-11-06T08:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/21 "2007-11-06T16:17:24Z")
Whoa! That was crazy! What a cute little girl. I hope the surgery goes well. The doctor doesn’t seem to be too concerned about it. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/22 "2007-11-06T16:22:42Z")
[QUOTE=ParentalAdvisory] Because although she has her beliefs, she’s a rational human being and didn’t decide to go with, “well god made her this way, and she should stay this way”, like a certain JW mother and a blood transfusion in another thread. The latter had her belief and stupidly stuck with it. It’s pleasing to see some common sense in the news outlets concerning relgion. I wish the little girl all the success in her surgery, that’s got to be tough. [/QUOTE] That’s it. Thank you for phrasing it for me. I had already used my 1+ intelligence spell yesterday 🙂 > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why is it that she’d be unlikely to survive with the extra body? I think it’s likely that she has other internal issues. For example, where does her feces come out? How easy is it for her to stay clean? Does the parasitic twin half have it’s own maybe functioning waste system? They mention that it has it’s own kidney. Is is making urine and is the urine exiting consistently? There are also logistical issues. With all that extra tissue so awkwardly placed, she’s prone to bedsores. Those big brown eyes make me just want to cuddle her. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/23 "2007-11-06T16:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] They wouldn’t even let me keep my wisdom teeth when I had those out… [/QUOTE] That’s lame. My dentist let me keep my premolars when I had them pulled. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/24 "2007-11-06T16:50:33Z")
Rob Zombie forsaw this event and wrote a song about it called “Spider-Baby (Yeah Yeah Yeah)”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/25 "2007-11-06T16:56:06Z")
Well, at least she’s Forewarned… ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/26 "2007-11-06T16:57:47Z")
Born two and a half years ago is more like it. The video (on CNN repeatedly today) is pretty cool. A team of 30 medical professionals working for 40 hours to literally cut off an arm and a leg… and doing it for free! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/27 "2007-11-06T17:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] Born two and a half years ago is more like it. The video (on CNN repeatedly today) is pretty cool. A team of 30 medical professionals working for 40 hours to literally cut off an arm and a leg.. and doing it for free! [/QUOTE] Well, if they did charge for the procedure, I’m sure it would have cost…well, you know. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/28 "2007-11-06T17:32:43Z")
[QUOTE=ParentalAdvisory] Because although she has her beliefs, she’s a rational human being and didn’t decide to go with, “well god made her this way, and she should stay this way”, like a certain JW mother and a blood transfusion in another thread. The latter had her belief and stupidly stuck with it. [/QUOTE] Imagine if she was also born with a birthmark in the shape of Jesus Christ. _That_ would probably spark an international incident! ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/29 "2007-11-06T17:54:35Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Well, if they did charge for the procedure, I’m sure it would have cost…well, you know. 😛 [/QUOTE] Twice as much as usual? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/30 "2007-11-06T18:43:06Z")
What so unusual about eight limbs? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/31 "2007-11-06T18:49:36Z")
What a cutie! _snuggles her_ (But I don’t understand how the extra arms could be growing out of her hips. Any geneticists / physiologists / etc. care to take a WAG?) ---
**Author:** ![starryspice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@starryspice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starryspice)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/32 "2007-11-06T18:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] I wonder if it is helpful or hurtful to her chances of full recovery that they waited until this age. No doubt her body is stronger than when she was first born. [/QUOTE] IANAD, but I think it’s beneficial to wait as long as possible to have surgery on babies/small children. I was born with Ventricular Septal Defect (hole in the heart between the ventricles) but they waited a year to operate in order to increase the chances of survival. The reason they operated when I was one years old was because I was “failing to thrive,” so I think they would have waited even longer if it were possible. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/33 "2007-11-06T19:00:12Z")
She really is a cute little kid. Also, really creepy. Humans aren’t supposed to have that many appendages. I hope everything goes well for her. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/34 "2007-11-06T19:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] What a cutie! _snuggles her_ (But I don’t understand how the extra arms could be growing out of her hips. Any geneticists / physiologists / etc. care to take a WAG?) [/QUOTE] She doesn’t have arms growing out of her hips - she’s got a partial second body fused to her; a parasitic twin. Take another look at the skeleton drawing in the link. The two bodies are joined at the pelvis. Those things that look like arms coming out of her hips are her own legs. Below that are the arms and legs of the twin. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/35 "2007-11-06T19:05:21Z")
That X-ray of the skeleton was just creepy. I know what I’m going as next Halloween ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/36 "2007-11-06T19:36:52Z")
If one has to be born with extra appendages, it’s better to be cute… 🙂 30 medical personnel for 40 hours? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/37 "2007-11-06T20:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] When I opened the link, I sincerely believed that the thread title was “8 limbed child porn.” And yet, I still chose to open the link. I don’t know what that says about me. [/QUOTE] You like it spidey style? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/38 "2007-11-06T20:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] So nice to read about parents who are doing their best for their kid, instead of the nightmare fodder we usually get in the news. [/QUOTE] Hey! Let’s be fair–sometimes it’s completely the mudder’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/39 "2007-11-06T20:59:52Z")
“It had the body of a spider, and the mind of a baby.” “How do you know it’s a baby, and not just a spider?” “They had it in a pram.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392/40 "2007-11-06T21:34:19Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Well, at least she’s Forewarned… [/QUOTE] I doff my hat to you, Cal. Well done. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-limbed-child-born/425392.md?page=3)