kid born with 2 heads

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Feb 6, 2004 | 05:05 PM

96lude

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kid born with 2 heads

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/020604_AP...world_head.html

Thats crazy! I can't even imagine what a parents expression would be to see something like this. Hope the surgery goes well.

Feb 6, 2004 | 05:09 PM

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Glad to hear the little girl is in stable condition.

CURE.

I must say, though... That is a very disheartening, even saddening image!

Feb 6, 2004 | 09:53 PM

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omg...

"Although the second head is only partially developed, its mouth moves when Rebeca is being breast-fed."

can you imagine that mouth moving?? *shiver*

Feb 6, 2004 | 09:59 PM

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Any doctors in the building? How is this possible?

Feb 6, 2004 | 10:13 PM

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Oh my.. I hope the surgery goes well ..

Feb 6, 2004 | 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by EvoVII
Any doctors in the building? How is this possible?

"Twins are born conjoined at the head when an embryo splits to make identical twins and then stops growing, leaving them fused. Such twins are rare, accounting for one of every 2.5 million births.

Parasitic twins like Rebeca are even more rare. They occur when one stops developing, leaving a smaller, partially formed twin dependent on the other."