DeclinetoState
04-21-2007, 09:37 AM
LIMA, Peru - Peru's "miracle baby" walked around her nursery school yard Friday, ducking in and out of a plastic playhouse seven months after undergoing an operation to fully separate her fused legs.
Milagros Cerron, whose first name means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome," which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin.
Dr. Luis Rubio, head of the medical team that separated Milagros' legs, invited reporters to see her progress on Friday. He said doctors have successfully reconstructed the child's hips, knees and ankles and that she is "doing well physically."
But Rubio said Milagros — who is called "the little mermaid" by Peruvians — will need another operation in about two years to reconstruct and repair her urinary and sexual organs.
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Milagros Cerron, whose first name means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome," which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin.
Dr. Luis Rubio, head of the medical team that separated Milagros' legs, invited reporters to see her progress on Friday. He said doctors have successfully reconstructed the child's hips, knees and ankles and that she is "doing well physically."
But Rubio said Milagros — who is called "the little mermaid" by Peruvians — will need another operation in about two years to reconstruct and repair her urinary and sexual organs.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070420/capt.63010b662bcf4d70baa707a00ae4a9f6.peru_miracle _baby_lim102.jpg?x=180&y=150&sig=Ms3dpxmtEeoWoizE7mJz_Q-- (http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070420/capt.63010b662bcf4d70baa707a00ae4a9f6.peru_miracle _baby_lim102.jpg?x=180&y=150&sig=Ms3dpxmtEeoWoizE7mJz_Q--)
More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_miracle_baby;_ylt=AjsHbcnR.GHcEwocBZyUm2PuOrg F)