8 limbed baby takes first steps

A young baby was born in one of the most discussed about countries here at Unusual people. you guessed it India.  Lakshmi Tatma is now two years old and has taken her first steps after a life saving operation. The young girl was worshipped in her country and the ocals thought she was like a goddess because of her unusual medical condition.

She was believed by village locals to be a reincarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. At first her parents were hesitant to perform the operation whch would remove the additional limbs, however they quickly changed their mind after doctors advised the parents it would be difficult for her to survive into adulthood. The operation took a total of 27 hours to remove the remains of her parasitic twin. The parasitic twin used her body for nutrition and respiration although the young child was unable to move the additional limbs.  She has been featured on shows on television such as National Geographic and will require additional surgeries to correct her spine and feet which are pointed inward.

 Lakshmi has certainly lived quite the unusual and extraordinary life in her short span of two years.

 

 

 

 

 

Real Bionic Woman

Eileen Brown has had just about every joint replaced that is possible in her body. Her shoulders, knees, knuckles, right hip and left elbow have all been replaced. Mrs. Brown suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. She has had over 12 operations and now has so much metal in her body that she sets off the alarms at the airports. Brown tries to keep a positive outlook on her situation although she says she experiences her days of extreme pain, however she says she has to maintain a positive outlook on her life. Rheumatoid arthritis does not normally begin to affect people until they are in their 40s, however Brown began to become afflicted with symtoms in her 20s.

Mrs Brown’s operations began in the late 1980s after rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed in the fingers of her left hand. About three years later, the pain had become so unbearable it was decided her knuckle should be replaced with a plastic joint. By the 1990s her wrists had fused together, leaving her unable to bend her  hands, then her right knee started playing up.

Her medical problems took a twist when fell from a ladder while cleaning in 2003 - breaking the metal joint in her left shoulder and the bone in her upper arm. Unfortunately, Mrs Brown contracted septicaemia, and her metal shoulder had to be removed. The infection spread down the left arm, so the upper bone also had to be taken out and instead filled with a special type of padding. To make matters worse, the infection then spread to her right shoulder, and a section of damaged bone had to be removed too.  Despite being pumped with antibiotics she became critically ill and doctors didn’t expect her to survive. She was read the Last Rites in hospital but miraculously pulled through and made a full recovery.

As a legacy of her problems she can no longer raise her arms above shoulder height. ‘It’s a pain wearing bras and strappy tops. They just slip down  because my shoulders cannot keep them up.’

Man hypnotizes self before op

Alex Lenkei chose to use the mind instead of drugs as anesthetic. Using self hypnosis Alex claims he was able to block out all of the pain from the surgery while being fully aware. The surgeon David Llewelyn-Clark had no qualms over the unusual request.

However, before you try this on yourself from some internet self help book, Lenkei has been a registered hypnotist since age 16. Throughout the surgery Lenkei said he felt deeply relaxed and there was a anasthesiologist on hand the entire time in case Lenkei’s plan did not go as well as he intended.

Wow. now only if UFC fighters could do this.

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Boy gets knife stuck in head

11 year old Tyler Hemmert from Vancouver recently had a butter knife lodged in his skull. That’s right, a butter knife. Another boy threw the knife at the boy during an argument and the knife became lodged. His father was notified and the father decided not to pull the knife out because of seeing similar situations on medical television shows.

A cat scan revealed that the knife had only became lodged underneath the scalp and had not penetrated the boys skull. The knife was removed and the boy left the hospital with only five stitches. The incident earned the boy the nickname “butterhead”. Local authorities have not yet decided whether or not to file a charges against the boy who threw the knife.

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