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Precious

Posted by: DenaHart  | 

Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

I am not sure how many saw the documentary about this precious miracle of a child on tv, but it was extraordinary. Little Shiloh Pepin had been in the hospital on a ventilator before she succumbed to the pneumonia and kidney failure. Shiloh died at a...

Tags: mermaid syndrome, shiloh, documentary, dies, sirenomelia

Maine's Mermaid-Girl Dies After Lifelong Struggle With Sirenomelia

Posted by: Lima_Echo_India_Foxtrot  | 

Portland :: ME :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

  Ten year old female Shiloh Pepin was born with “mermaid syndrome”, a condition also known as fused legs. It was predicted she would only survive a few days of life, and then pass, but she held on until now. The technical term for her...

Tags: Sirenomelia, mermaid syndrome, fused legs, Shiloh Pepin

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