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Girl Born With 8 Limbs Awake and Smiling

Posted Nov 9, 07 4:16 PM CST in Science & Health,  World 

(Newser) – Two days after surgery to remove her extra arms, legs, and organs, 2-year old Lakshmi regained consciousness in a Bangalore hospital today and gave the first tentative signs that she's on her way to recovery. She even smiled at her parents and wiggled her toes, the AP reports. Doctors took her off a respirator and say they will keep close watch for at least another 24 hours.

"Lakshmi appeared very perplexed and kept staring at her legs, wondering where the rest of her body had disappeared," the chief surgeon said. A hospital spokeswoman said the girl, born with eight limbs, was doing well but would need more surgery before she can walk. "I have just these doctors to thank for this miracle," said Lakshmi's dad. "It is a debt I could never repay."

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This undated computed axial tomography (CT scan) provided on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, by the Sparsh Hospital shows 2-year-old Lakshmi before she underwent surgery in Bangalore, India. (AP Photo/Sparsh...   (Associated Press)
In this undated computed axial tomography (CT scan) image provided on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 by the Sparsh Hospital, Indian girl Lakshmi is seen before she underwent a 24-hour operation on her, in Bangalore,...   (Associated Press)
Chief orthopedic surgeon Dr. Sharan Patil, left, heading the operation on Lakshmi, addresses the media on the status of the little girl, at the Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
Chief orthopedic surgeon Dr. Sharan Patil addresses the media at the Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Lakshmi, a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs was in stable...   (Associated Press)
This X-ray provided by the Sparsh Hospital shows 2-year-old Lakshmi after her surgery was completed, in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Doctors in southern India have completed a grueling 24-hour...   (Associated Press)
Lakshmi, second from left, sits in her mother Poonam's lap as she poses next to with her father Shambhu and brother Mithilesh, right, at the Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore, India, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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