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Baby Lakshmi Recovering
A little girl born with four arms and four legs in India is recovering well from surgery. Harry Smith speaks about Baby Lakshmi with Dave Price, who is in India.
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Complex Surgery Explained
Hannah Storm interviews Dr. Sharan Patil, chief surgeon for baby Lakshmi, explains the difficulties his team of 30 doctors encountered while removing the 2-year-old’s parasitic twin.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/world/main3493648.shtml#
Hurray! It’s not surprising she’s doing well, she’s certainly had the prayers of millions helping her surgeons.
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"Though she is on a liquid diet and is being fed intravenously, she is able to sip water orally. Her body is also responding to the drugs being administered to stabilise her condition and prevent any infection," John said.
Lakshmi was born with a parasitic conjoined twin fused together at the pelvis. She was admitted to a hospital in Bangalore on October 3 after her parents were unable to afford treatment in New Delhi.
Taking up the rare case as a challenge to paediatric surgery and medicine, Patil and his 30-member medico team in Bangalore offered to treat Lakshmi free. The procedure would have otherwise cost about Rs3 million (Dh281,613).
"Every movement or gesture of hers is a sign of progress for us. She is able to remain awake longer and is conscious of things in the ICU. She also responds with facial expressions to nurses," John said.
Bio-chemical and blood tests reveal her vital parameters are within limits. The toddler is also being injected with painkillers to provide relief from the painful surgery.
"We intend to keep her in ICU for another couple of days to heal her wounds and to help her recover fully from the marathon surgery she underwent.
For the impoverished parents, who hail from a village in north Bihar, it was a Diwali with a difference.
Though Lakshmi was born on Diwali in October 2005, her parents celebrated this year's festival of lights at the hospital to mark the successful operation with prayers for her speedy recovery.