While shocking world medicine when they were born with legs conjoined like a mermaid in legend, the fates of two mermaid babies – one in India and one in Peru – were completely opposite.
The Peruvian girl – Milagros (which means “miracle” in Spanish) was born in April 2004 to a poor family in the Andes mountains with an extremely rare birth defect called sirenomelia that caused Her legs were attached like a mermaid.
Milagros had to undergo a total of 3 surgeries to separate his leg, create a knee, hip and ankle. The first surgery was when he was 9 months old and the last time was when he was 5 years old. The surgery was a success. Seven months later, the mermaid girl was able to walk on her own and play with her peers. In the next 2 years from 5 to 7 years old, she continues to have to restore her reproductive and excretory organs because when she was born, she only had one kidney and one duct for the digestive and reproductive systems. .
Milagros mermaid girl with conjoined legs.
Milagros had to undergo a total of 3 surgeries to separate his leg, create a knee, hip and ankle.
Milagros completed her kidney transplant 2 years ago – in 2012 and now, after nearly 12 years and dozens of large and small surgeries, she has completely recovered. Many people have called the baby’s case a “miracle”.
Image of Milagros in 2012 when she attended a city party.
However, the case of a newborn baby born in India not long ago was not so lucky. According to Dailymail, the baby with two legs conjoined together like a “mermaid” was born on April 29 at Sahi Ram Hospital in Sahranpur city, Uttar Pradesh state, India.
This can be considered the first case of a mermaid baby appearing in this country when Dr. Vandana Arya, representative of the hospital where the baby was born, said: “I have never seen a case like this before.” . We have met many newborns with birth defects, but this is an extremely rare case. The baby has a fish-like body and webbed hands like that.”
A “mermaid” baby was born in India.
Not as lucky as Milagros, this Indian mermaid only survived about 10 minutes after birth.
Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, of Oxford University (UK), said Sirenomelia syndrome occurs when the umbilical cord does not form two arteries, causing the fetus to not receive enough blood during development. Because nutrition is given priority to the upper body, the fetus does not develop two separate legs.