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Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies

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  1. AcroneSF

    AcroneSF Well-Known Member

    Source
     
    AcroneSF, Oct 25, 2009
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  2. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    Damn... one of the few real mermaids and she's hideous.
     
    TirithRR, Oct 25, 2009
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  3. Natewlie

    Natewlie A bag of tricks

    Nothing like Ariel. D:<
     
    Natewlie, Oct 25, 2009
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  4. calvin_0

    calvin_0 Well-Known Member

    it kindda make me wonder how she dispose of her waste
     
    calvin_0, Oct 25, 2009
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  5. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    Another brave child of deformity since birth dies...

    My heart to another lost soul-gone before they could be fully develop :(

    And if your wondering-I can partially relate-no I don't have physical deformities...just mental ones.

    But I been into schooling backgrounds with people like this one-not as bad but...somewhat in the same catagory.

    ...it's why if I hear a wheel chair joke in the street-me and my mates tend to scream out "HOW DO YOU LIKE IT" before crippling them...


    We stand up for these people-they can't help it :(
     
    mds64, Oct 25, 2009
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  6. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    She probably still had all the organs and orifices, just a fused set of legs.
     
    TirithRR, Oct 25, 2009
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  7. sub367

    sub367 New Member

    Lmfao!
     
    sub367, Oct 25, 2009
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  8. calvin_0

    calvin_0 Well-Known Member

    well the artical says "Being born with "mermaid syndrome", also known as sirenomelia, meant that the Kennebunkport girl had only one partially working kidney, no lower colon or genital organs and legs fused from the waist down."

    its better that way. Otherwise Natural Selection would think that kind of deformity would help us survive and added it into our gene pool.....

    but then Morden Medician already kindda kick Natural Selection out of the picture...
     
    calvin_0, Oct 25, 2009
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Interesting how both the common and medical names for the condition relate to mythical water creatures (and not the same one).
     
    Loonylion, Oct 25, 2009
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  10. s_quizno

    s_quizno Well-Known Member

    Ha, so true.
    I saw that Oprah episode she was featured in. Though I believe that it would've been best if she died off shortly before birth, I don't blame the doctors for working to help this kid. I believe that most people, given the choice, would choose to live on, it's like an instinct.
    Suicidal thoughts, in my opinion, are a human creation. I acknowledge that it's strong enough to override the life-maintaining instinct living things have.
    This kid wanted to live on, even though she's born like this, so I agree with mds64 that Shiloh's a brave girl.
     
    s_quizno, Oct 28, 2009
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  11. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    Kids with life threatening are usually brave I noticed...

    Too young to know fear-or because their parents brought them up brave?

    Wouldn't know-mine jsut let me flow thru life-so I'm mostly the oppisite of this gal.

    Still...it does lift spirits-I send my condolances to the family...
     
    mds64, Oct 28, 2009
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  12. nhi_po

    nhi_po Well-Known Member

    this is somewhat sad..
    but looking at the above posts..
    it just makes me lol...
     
    nhi_po, Oct 28, 2009
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  13. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    It's just the internet-if you knew this girl or simerlar other's prehaps you'd be thinking like me :(

    It's those who don't know from experience that go "meh-let's lighten up the place".

    But the ones affected are a different story...

    Some midgets don't give a dam if someone makes a short joke about them-but some take real offence and may sue you.


    Individuals...

    In the end-it's the internet-anything can happen...

    [me=mds64]jumps out window[/me]

    [me=mds64]survives[/me]

    see?
     
    mds64, Oct 28, 2009
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  14. nhi_po

    nhi_po Well-Known Member

    =-="
    i do care...
    but,
    its goodthat they lighten it up..
    who would want to stay sad?
     
    nhi_po, Oct 28, 2009
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  15. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    Your right-I don't think the girl who died wouldn't want us to be sad-but to celebrate life-or be happy she was happy...or the fact that she even lived?

    Prehaps...

    No one wants sadness to be spread-let's just be happy we actually know her somewhat now :)
     
    mds64, Oct 28, 2009
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  16. chaunceez

    chaunceez Well-Known Member

    but how would she pee
    through her feet?
     
    chaunceez, Oct 29, 2009
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  17. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    prehaps that is how she died-no way for the waste to escape...

    Or maybe thru the other end-no mention of that being blocked.

    (...I can't believe I'm answering this...)
     
    mds64, Oct 30, 2009
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  18. Natewlie

    Natewlie A bag of tricks

    If there was no way she can shit or piss, she'd be dead way before she turned ten. I'm guessing a tube and that she was able to take a crap.

    Or look up and see what Tirrith said. It's like some people don't read the posts before they post. (This is directed at Chaun)
     
    Natewlie, Oct 30, 2009
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  19. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    I read above-and...I did miss this...

    Opps AGAIN :(
     
    mds64, Oct 30, 2009
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  20. phscarface

    phscarface Well-Known Member

    News like that remind me how I'm (and 90% of the world) not thankful for have everything okay. We should thank God for being okay.
     
    phscarface, Nov 1, 2009
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